Johnny Guirke (Meath West, Sinn Fein)

I thank Mr. Coffey, Mr. Conroy and Dr. Bergin for their presentation. When you have a strong economy, it is about choices. Deputy Neville mentioned our overspending. I would suggest we would not spend it on super junior Ministers at this stage when the economy is strong. The average household spends more than €3,000 per year on groceries and it has just been announced in the past few days that there will be an increase to student fees. Would the witnesses be in favour of keeping those in place and finding the money somewhere else? The people who need it most are those who are struggling to put food on the table and put their kids through college. The difference between €2,000 and €3,000 is massive. Would the witnesses agree with that and where else would they find that money?