Rose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I disagree with the Minister of State. What is the point in somebody saving a few euro on USC when they cannot get the treatment they need in a hospital or when they are lying on a trolley? I am not sure from where the Minister of State is getting his impression of the investment that is needed in rural Ireland but there are people who cannot get out of their houses because there is no investment in roads. There has not been investment in broadband so lots of jobs are lost and we lose the tax income from those jobs. I am not going to change the Minister of State's mind but psychologically, he really needs to consider investing in the infrastructure that people badly need. They often need it to save their lives, apart from anything else. I am not saying that we should not give back to people and certainly people on lower incomes desperately need everything that they can get but we cannot-----