Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)

-----ach ní féidir leo é sin a dhéanamh ar feadh i bhfad. The Taoiseach will not get away with this. He has already acknowledged that this is a mistake; the best way to rectify a mistake is to say he has got it wrong, that this is a Government which listens and is going to put matters right. He has not done this, even though he has had the opportunity to do so. The Bill is to be debated in the Dáil tomorrow and on Friday. Let it be corrected then and let us not stop at this sector. It should apply to all of the cuts made for vulnerable citizens, particularly those with disabilities. There is no point in narrowing it down to this one section because there has been uproar. Of course, they should receive their full entitlements, but what about the others whose entitlements have been cut? These cuts should also be reversed and I ask the Taoiseach to take the opportunity to put matters right when the Bill is being debated.

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