Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)

Question 3: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, given his welcome call for new thinking on job creation and economic development in rural Ireland, he recognises the need for similar new thinking to tackle poverty and unemployment in urban and suburban centres, especially in light of ongoing job losses and the findings in the How are our Kids survey in 2005 and Do the Poor Pay More survey by the one parent exchange network in May 2005. [16805/05]

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