Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is not the first time the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn, has had to hold up his hands and admit to the inequitable nature of his decisions. Maybe if this legislation had been in place, such a decision would never have materialised from the Minister's desk and created the level of anxiety and worry that became evident. Only yesterday, changes to maternity benefit came into effect, which is an unfair attack on working women.

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