Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I get that ... and I don't want to be stopping you, I get that on the on the, you know ... I get the figures overall and €10 billion and €5 billion and you knew what was best in terms of year to year and I get that completely. But were you afraid to say, for example, "Okay, well we're going to have a prescription charge of €5 per item", or "We're going to introduce water charges", or "We're not ...", as the case may be. I mean, was that a matter for yourselves or was it being prescribed?