Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

I would absolutely demand that Irish taxpayers' funds, or funds from any European taxpayers, are not linked to demanding so-called structural reforms which will make life worse for ordinary people. Cohesion funds should be going to areas that need them from the point of view of cohesion and regional development and so forth. That is what the funds should be used for and not as a tool to apply and enforce a certain set of policy measures.