Dáil debates
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Leaders' Questions
3:40 pm
Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source
The cuts to child benefit and the back to school clothing allowance amounted to savings of €153 million, yet only €18.5 million of that was redirected into services and programmes for children. For what it is worth, will the Taoiseach commit to increasing this paltry amount so that the alarmingly high levels of child poverty in this country will be tackled once more?
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