Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)

How is this lone parent expected to cope with such a massive reduction in her income? This is money she needs to provide her and her children with a basic standard of living. The Minister lives in her ivory tower, on her big wages and with her middle class background. She has all the answers to how this woman will deal with the crisis she is in. More and more families will be forced into poverty. That is the reality of the changes the Minister has brought about.

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