SINN FEIN HOLDS CITY CAMPAIGN OVER CUTS TO CHILD BENEFIT

Date Published: 08-Jan-2013

Members of Galway's Sinn Fein branch are campaigning in the city this afternoon over cuts to child benefit.

December's budget saw a cut to child benefit of 10 euro a month for the first two children, 18 euro for the third, and 20 euro for the fourth and subsequent children.

In the party's pre-budget submission, it proposed a third income tax of 48 percent on income over 100 thousand euro.

The campaign involves leaflet distribution and is taking place on Eglington Street outside the Post Office.

Galway West Sinn Fein Senator Trevor O'Clochartaigh says the government could have considered other options which would have had a lesser impact on low income families and is calling for a reversal.