Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Workers and Unemployed Action Group)

I concur with previous speakers in congratulating the Minister on her appointment and wishing her well for the future.

If my eyes were closed, I would have thought it was a Minister from the previous Government who was giving the reply to this question. We are dealing with the one of the most vulnerable sections of society. I understood that the Government was going to be fair and balanced in dealing with the recession, and that the less well off were going to be protected. We are dealing with people who are earning at most about €1.20 per hour-----

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