Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Of course I do so, but it does not go far enough. The Government cut the payment period by six weeks. We welcome any morsel coming from the Government's table to help those people who are in difficulties. Some 1,500 to 2,000 citizens more die during the winter than during the summer on this island and most of those are elderly people. I welcome what the Taoiseach has said, but I ask him to reflect that when one week has passed-----

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