Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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The Minister claims in his statement that the Government has been successful in addressing inflation and public infrastructure deficits. In terms of inflation, 671,000 people are still living in poverty in this State and more than 188,000 of them are children. Pensioners, carers and people with disabilities are worse off today than they were four years ago. That is what the evidence shows. People are actually worse off because wages and social welfare benefits have not kept pace with inflation.