Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

The issue is that they will be dealt with through the increased allocations being provided. If the position of the Opposition is that once the allocation is made, it does not matter as long as it is sorted out, then things cannot be done that way. Members of the Opposition know it cannot be done that way because it was not done that way when they were in Government.

The second part of the question related to the idea that these reforms will sort out the problem——

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