Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)

I have much to say, but the Leas-Cheann Comhairle is being nice to me. Since the Celtic tiger, many women are working. This changed circumstances, since the child benefit went to pay childminders. No matter how one views the system, one must agree that the child benefit has been of considerable use to women.

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