FINIAN McGRATH, TD,
Madam, - Ned O'Keefe, TD (FF) was correct when he said that this Government is the most right-wing since the foundation of the State. The Budget failed to address deficits in infrastructure and social provision.
An unemployed couple with one child will be 25 cent a week better off in real terms than they were in 2002. The poverty gap between a single unemployed person and a person on €50,000 a year will widen by more than €25 per week. These facts speak for themselves.
A society that does not look after its most needy is a society that has lost its heart. - Yours, etc.,
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FINIAN McGRATH, TD, (Independent), Dáil Éireann, Baile Átha Cliath 2.