Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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In an ideal world, someone might suggest to the delegates that there should be a change of Government, but I would not suggest anything to them. If something were to change overnight and the payments could be benchmarked, how long would it take the people to get out of deprivation? Surely it is not just a matter of getting €400 to €500 suddenly. I would imagine that the living standard would be substandard at that point, and people could well be in debt. What is the theory behind this? What are the projections?