Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

I was talking about the fact that the sub-committee had not met since the budget, which has all the signs of it. The carer's allowance of mothers who care for those with special needs was, for the first time, taken on board in terms of calculating entitlement to family income supplement. Families on the lowest income rung of the ladder were hit by as much as €100. How can any Cabinet sub-committee on social policy stand over that?

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