Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

The Deputy's claim that the Government is not protecting the weakest is manifestly untrue. We have ensured that there is no cut in basic social welfare payments, we have removed 330,000 people from the scope of the universal social charge into which Fianna Fáil placed them and we have reversed the cut in the national minimum wage, which Fianna Fáil implemented.

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