Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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When the Minister makes his decisions with the Cabinet on where the savings might be found, what broad principles would he take into account? In social welfare there has been an understood principle over the past few years that the weekly core social welfare payments would not be cut. Is there any similar broad principle on what the Minister proposes to do? What saving options identified in previous expenditure reports but not implemented are being considered for this year's budget?