Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. That is a sensible way of progressing this. As I said, I support family income supplement very strongly. It is important for large families. It encompasses two things and must be balanced between the risk of aiding employers who only give low wages and the necessity of ensuring large families are maintained and sustained. In this context it is extremely important that the appropriate balance is struck with the working family payment when the Minister brings it forward.

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