Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Will the Taoiseach at least try to keep this promise so that our children will not continue to number among the worst in Europe in terms of high rates of consistent poverty? This is from a child poverty group. These are not my words. They were not written by any of the scriptwriters or spin doctors the Taoiseach has. He has many of them.

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