Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

Poor Fianna Fáil is like the Bourbons. It remembers everything but learns nothing. As Deputy Fleming was on the backbenches when Fianna Fáil was in government, perhaps the actions of the former Taoiseach from his own constituency escaped his attention. The reason we have a problem is because Fianna Fáil decided to guarantee the banks, with the support of Sinn Féin, as the cheap alternative. We are still trying to unravel the unholy mess created by the bank guarantee. Unfortunately, it is difficult to undo what Fianna Fáil and the people who voted for the bank guarantee have done.

Can Sinn Féin explain how it is acceptable to discontinue the lone parent payment at the age of seven to the North of the Border -----

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