Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

I have never come across a Sinn Féin representative, in government or otherwise, who objected to the age of seven. However, when we propose to introduce an arrangement which has been in place in the North for a number of years, Sinn Féin objects even though child benefits and lone parent payments in the Republic are much higher than anything that party provides 90 miles to the north.

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