Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Despite pre-election promises, child benefit continues to be cut. In budget 2013 alone the Government took away, in the case of a family with four children, €58 each week. This was despite the earlier acknowledgement that child benefit was what kept many families afloat, that child benefit helped to put food on tables and pay energy bills.

There is a lot more wrong with the Minister and the Government's approach to social welfare. It is a pity she was not present to take part in this debate.

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