Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)

Níl cliú ag an Taoiseach agus níl suim aige ach an oiread sa bhrú atá ar theaghlaigh. The Taoiseach's answer demonstrates again that he could not care less. It is spin and rhetoric from the Government again. I raised this with the Taoiseach yesterday, I raised it today and I will raise it every single day I have to for as long as working people and families are under so much pressure that they wonder whether they can put a meal on the table for their children. I cited the evidence. Do not mind us as the Opposition. The League of Credit Unions, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Barnardos and the Money Advice and Budgeting Service are all dealing with this on the front line and the Taoiseach refuses to hear it. The Government has the resources to intervene and make a difference. Should the worst emerge in terms of tariffs, which I am very aware of, the real casualty again will be the Irish working class, Irish working people and young people-----

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