Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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What we are setting out here today is a framework. This is not made up of individual decisions across various Departments. That process is only now getting under way. That is the Estimates process. This is the framework. What we are saying is that the total of all of the collective decisions that we will make in the coming weeks has to be consistent with this framework. Today is about the framework. It is not about the priorities in housing or the relative priorities of housing, health, and welfare. That is what we will be discussing in the weeks ahead.