Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2021-10-20
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Mary Lou McDonald (SF), Dublin Central

I cannot think of a more appropriately political issue than protecting and vindicating the rights of children. That is politics. The political choices made around this issue are what define the agony, torment and upset those children endure. You designed a scheme and it failed. We need a scheme that works.

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Sitting date: 2021-10-20