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

I could not let this go by, as the Minister congratulated himself on his achievements, without asking him to react to the following. On his watch, a third of our children now live in poverty and we have the highest level of low pay in the OECD, second only to the United States of America. On his watch, families, particularly those headed by single parents, eke out an existence and live in poverty. On his watch, the Government continues to take medical cards from children with very severe disabilities and life-threatening conditions, including cancer.

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