Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)

Question 7: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated number of families that will be impacted by the budget cut reducing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance from €305 to €250 for children aged 12 years or more and from €200 to €150 for children aged four years to 11 years; if her attention has been drawn to research published by Bernardos demonstrating that the 2011 allowance levels fell far short of the actual costs; and if she will reverse this cut. [4354/12]

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