Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

-----of a lesser rate to young people is a cut? The extension of a lower rate to more people is a cut and those affected by this extension of the lower rate will suffer.

Does the Tánaiste agree that since the Government took office contrary to the commitments made there has been a substantial reduction in provision for the elderly through the slashing of the household benefits package-----

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