Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

While it may not have cut the headline rate of social welfare payments, the Government made sharp and deep cuts in a raft of schemes that are very important to people, including the fuel allowance, family income supplement, community employment, Tús, jobseeker's benefit, child benefit, farm assist and, in particular, schemes that affect women. For some reason, the Minister for Social Protection always seems to target women for her cuts.

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