David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will just come back to the question I asked because we have a responsibility to scrutinise budgetary policy. We will have to do that as part of our work this year for next year's budget. We are faced with a shrinking fiscal space. We are faced with a carry-over of about €500 million from full-year costs that were not factored in for this year because they were just partially introduced. We are faced with a Government commitment to reduce the universal social charge again next year. If that is the policy that is pursued, is Professor Clinch saying it would become more difficult for us to spend in the areas where we need to spend, which are the other areas he has identified? Is that his position?