Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

While she lobbies for these extravagant pay hikes for her advisers, contrary to what the Taoiseach said, she plans to lower the cut-off age for one-parent family payment to seven years from 2 July. A total of 63% of one-parent households are living without basic necessities. How on earth will they live after these draconian cuts are made by the Government? Thousands will be pushed into dire, extreme poverty. In the light of the hardship caused and what is being imposed on citizens through the Government's austerity policies, does the Taoiseach agree that the continued breach of pay guidelines for extremely well paid ministerial advisers is entirely unacceptable? This is the question I asked previously, which he ignored. It is shameful and an insult to citizens. Will he stop these obscene pay rises and halt the cuts to the entitlements of lone parent families?

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