Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

This is a reform of the social welfare system about which I feel passionate because I went to school with people who, for various reasons, had to rely on social welfare for their income. The best help for somebody in his or her early twenties or thirties who is dependent on a State payment is for the State to assist him or her to become financially independent. I know from private conversations I have had with Deputy Murphy that she shares that vision. That is what we want-----

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