Rose Conway-Walsh has described Finance Minister Brian Lenihan’s decision to cut Child Benefit payment across the board as “another shameful attack on families”.
The Sinn Féin candidate said that Fianna Fáil and the Greens cannot be allowed to make struggling families pay the heaviest price for Government mistakes. “Child Benefit is not simply some sort of bonus payment from the State. It is a critical source of income that many hundreds of families in this constituency rely on for the most basic of childcare needs.”
Ms Conway-Walsh said that: “It’s time for people to stand up for each other and say enough is enough.”
