Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister for Social Protection has now completely unpicked that version of events. To her credit, she is being honest in that regard. This proves that the stroke or parish pump politics we thought had been consigned to history with the previous Administration are alive and well on the watch of Fine Gael and the Labour Party. What is tragic about this is that it says to people that not only can they not trust Labour Party in government but that said party cannot trust itself in government.

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