Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

In the meantime, there are those in receipt of pensions in excess of €100,000 and gross incomes of well over that amount who have been left untouched. The Tánaiste, as deputy leader of the Government, seems to be of the view that it is fine to take €8.60 from people who care on a full-time basis for their loved ones - mothers, fathers and other family members - be they incontinent or suffering from Alzheimer's disease, and that everything will be fine and rosy in the garden.

What the Government is doing is absolutely disgraceful.

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