Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

There is one option the Minister of State is not considering, namely, to review the budgets. What she is saying is that the allowances have to be reduced to such an extent that they are meaningless or make other savage and unpalatable cuts elsewhere in the health service or some combination of both. What the Minister of State is not considering, or it is simply not on the agenda for discussion, is that she comply with the law and look at the budgets and increase the budget to make the schemes legally compliant. Why is the Government not considering that option?