Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

We all knew before today that it affects new claimants, but that does not make it any less calculating, cold or callous than it is. I challenge the Taoiseach to produce any parent who will say he or she would prefer to get €111 less when their child becomes 16 than children get today. That is what the Taoiseach said. He said parents would prefer this. They would not prefer this.

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