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

The Tánaiste might address the question of timing which Deputy Kelleher raised. When can we expect to see this pickpocket legislation? Not to rehearse all that has gone before, the Tánaiste does a great disservice to those working-class families that are struggling by landing another bill on their mat and strong-arming them in this way. She knows that full well.

Just to correct the record of the Dáil, the Tánaiste mentioned poverty levels in west Belfast. Poverty levels are significant there, but actually the constituency of Foyle has the biggest difficulties with poverty in the North. As the Tánaiste knows, that has been an SDLP stronghold for 40 years-----

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