Seanad debates

Wednesday, 3 December 2003

Order of Business. - Budget Statement: Motion.

 

Reference has been made to the rural measure. That measure, in the context of the social scheme and the fact that 2,500 places should be created, is significant. I resent any suggestion that poverty in rural areas is in some ways different from or less worthy of being attended to than that experienced in urban areas. Those of us who live in rural areas are aware that the poverty which exists there is just as grinding as that in urban areas. That poverty frequently goes unrecognised and I am glad the measure in question will address it. I reject any imputation to the contrary.

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