Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Government also cut the bereavement grant. I could hear the sighs from Members when that was announced. I imagine the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste will be aware from their own constituencies that the cost of burials has loomed large for people for a very long time. It is very expensive to bury a loved one.

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