FF backbencher joins calls to make children's clothing an 'essential' retail item

Clothing is not currently considered to be essential, and the government has been rejecting calls to alter this classification in recent days. File picture

The Government needs to rethink its advice on clothing being a 'non-essential' retail item. 

That's according to Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North-Central for Pádraig O'Sullivan.