Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I think the Deputy will concede that the existing model is not working satisfactorily. While we may argue with regard to why this is the case and about the details involved, I do not believe anyone could say the current system, which is extremely expensive by international standards, is working properly. Whether it is because of his political ideology or his knowledge of the British national welfare system or the American system, he has immediately jumped in, without either reading the White Paper or clarifying the position-----

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