Madam, – Leo Varadkar is most likely the first politician to see that single people subsidise married households (Home News, January 28th). I would also add that single childless people subsidise the children of others. If Nama-style assistance comes in for those unable to pay mortgages, tenants will then subsidise those with homes.
As usual, wealth flows in the direction of those who already have so much. – Yours, etc,
Madam, – I was shocked by Deputy Leo Varadkar’s derogatory comments in the Dáil about “stay-at-home wives”. According to him, they spend the “day on the golf course or eating lunch or whatever”. Clearly, Deputy Varadkar doesn’t realise that for many women, being a wife and a mother is a full-time job. Looking after children and a household can be every bit as demanding as working in an office or indeed in the Dáil. Mr Varadkar’s view of stay-at- home wives as ladies who lunch is ignorant at best, and sexist at worst. – Yours, etc,