Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Everyone knows that women do not go on maternity leave because they want to get extra money. That assertion should be accepted. I do not accept in any shape or form the idea they somehow are benefiting more than others and it should not have been put forward as a rationale or as a defence for the measure by the Minister for Finance or by the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Burton.

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