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

He said there was no contradiction between reforming and investing, but there is a big contradiction in those policies. The Commission has demanded cuts in public expenditure in areas such as health and social welfare, but then it gives out about the fact that we do not have decent child care services and says we should have investment, which is a direct contradiction. Is there not a contradiction in Mr. Moscovici's comments in saying that is not the case?