Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)

——the manner in which those families that bear the burden of the so-called Celtic tiger are being supported. They are the ones who are making the huge investment in the housing capital that must be done in such a rapid period. They are the ones who are being abandoned in respect of their child care needs. They are the ones who are being obliged to undertake long commutes and who are separated from their families, which would have provided the traditional support to help them through those early years. We have sold short many of these young families and should not pretend otherwise.

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