Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent)
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If the Minister of State is under pressure I can come back as it is just a brief question. I will only be a minute. I asked her about next year and July provision. Everyone knows about all the families who are contacting us telling us they are in crisis and feel abandoned this year. We know that for many of those families, things will not change. The Minister of State has many good ideas and we have heard them today but can we go back to families and say we have a very good reason to believe that when next year comes, we will be looking at a different model of July provision that will cater for those who need it and that families will not be in such crisis as they are at the moment? I ask the Minister of State, in a way, to give a hostage to fortune but those families are asking us.