Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Is it because Labour angrily raised the leaks to the newspapers this morning and the Taoiseach has deferred it from today? What are the implications of that? The Taoiseach did not answer the question of whether there will be an ability to pay provision in the regime that is being announced. The memo that was circulated to the media says that any welfare protection has been categorically ruled out by the Government.

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