Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We will look at that in the context of the budget, but it is a significant support of €310 a week for such a family. It is an important support, in addition to other supports such as the rural social scheme and other schemes, which my Department offers widely to people from farming families. I recognise what the Deputy said about the significance, contribution and hard work of farming families being an enormous contribution to society. That is the reason, despite extraordinarily difficult budgetary pressures and legacy debts that were bequeathed when we came into office, that we have emphasised continuing the support-----

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