Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, United Left) | Oireachtas source

Rather than hailing the change to lone parent benefits, working lone parents are actually not benefiting from the change to the lone parent payment, which is an indictment of the policy of this Government and is part of the austerity package that has been persistently implemented in this country. Those who need the most are bearing the brunt of austerity.

We have got through nine and a half questions in an hour and a quarter. Nobody on this side of the House really extended his or her time.

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