Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

It may be but, as the Ceann Comhairle knows, the line Minister does not answer in a language any of us understands. Question No. 1 is pretty clear in terms of community and voluntary sector representation. Why should an organisation, albeit occasionally critical of the Government, which has being doing such productive work in the anti-poverty area be cut off from funding for the first time since 1993?

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