Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy knows many people who have been in this situation and, as the children grow up, people are extremely anxious to get back to well-remunerated employment and to become financially independent. People often say, probably to Deputy O'Dea but certainly to me, that they want to be able to give up their book. I want to see lone parents in this country becoming independent.

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