Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)

I will address the last point first because some confusion arose from comments made by an official in a newspaper during the week. I have made it clear that I want every possible database examined. Deputy Broughan is right, as the suggestions that it would cause an outcry are not valid. I have asked that all databases be examined. Every possible option to cross-check the information should be used. Deputy McCormack's proposition that local authorities, which are better funded and staffed than ever before, do not have the money is nonsense.

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