Dáil debates

Wednesday, 15 October 2008

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed

 

5:00 pm

Photo of Mary HanafinMary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

As Deputies will appreciate, there was no easy way to achieve the required savings. Consideration had to be given to a wide range of changes and very difficult decisions had to be made. Neither I nor the Government have taken these decisions lightly. In total, the new expenditure control measures contained in the social welfare budget will amount to net savings——

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