Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The problem is that when the times comes to take action to curtail expenditure, usually it is in very sensitive areas, resulting in maximum impact and a public outcry. Action taken earlier would have the effect of avoiding the glitch at a sensitive time and there would be more scope to rearrange funds, for want of a better description, to meet oncoming challenges.