Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

How can the Minister of State say with a straight face that the Government is for equality and then justify the claim by saying that those in Government want to get people back into work? That has nothing to do with it. That is not an example of equality. The Government punishes people who may be out of work. The rationale is that the Government is for equality because if people get a job then the Government will lower taxes for them. Is that the definition of equality according to the Minister of State? It is not a definition of equality that people understand.

The Minister of State went on to say that he is for equality and then listed a number of measures to suggest how the Government is for equality.

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