Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

A sum of ¤18 has been taken off the allowance in respect of third children. I recall the current Minister for Finance, when he was a senior backbench Deputy in opposition, asking "What have you got against third children?" Do Members remember him saying that to the then Minister for Finance? I wondered about his question because I had only two children at the time; now I have three.