Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)

It may seem to the Minister that the cuts are marginal, but if one is already at the pin of one's collar, losing any amount from one's weekly payment can make the difference between being warm and cold and light and darkness, but he knows all of this already. He knows that the Society of St. Vincent de Paul has been inundated with requests for help since last year. What is more, the Minister has not just taken money out of people's pockets; he has taken it out of the local economy and out of the tills in their local shops-----

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