Mary White (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Punitive changes to the eligibility criteria for one-parent family payments are the hallmarks of the two-tier recovery overseen by this Government.

I would like to mention one item in particular, namely, the cruel cut in the payment for young, unemployed persons from €150 to €100. This is really brutal for young people who have to pay their way living at home and pay rent to parents, family or whoever they live with. This is so cruel as they cannot have any standard of living.