Séamus Healy (Tipperary, Workers and Unemployed Action Group) | Oireachtas source

Unfortunately, the Minister’s reply is a further exercise in the Government burrowing its head in the sand instead of dealing with this issue. That is certainly not the way forward. Tinkering at the edges will not solve this problem. The problem is so serious that Uachtarán na hÉireann, Michael D. Higgins, has felt the need to intervene publicly on this issue.

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