Willie Penrose (Westmeath, Labour)

Well she must have told me lies at the door. I do not tell lies. I relay what I hear and I have a habit of believing what I hear. Across the country that is the type of issue that arises. Where are the respite care facilities? I welcomed the disability legislation, but I have listened to what people are telling me about it. We need to look after such people, people who need social and affordable housing. We need to improve their quality of life. These are the issues that we will articulate in the Labour Party.

Child care is one of the biggest single policy failures of the Government. We will bring out a number of policy issues in this area and we will let the people of Meath decide. We have had representatives before from Meath, who fought very hard for their constituents. We hope to continue that tradition on 11 March with the election of Councillor Dominic Hannigan.

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