Dáil debates

Tuesday, 21 October 2008

Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed

 

6:00 pm

Photo of Seán BarrettSeán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)

While sitting in the Chamber for the past hour or so awaiting my turn to speak, I have been listening to speaker after speaker on the other side of the House stating that sacrifices must be made and the books must be balanced. While that is all great stuff, at whose expense? This budget is a complete cop-out. I had the pleasure of serving in the Cabinet a couple of times and anyone who knows anything about running a country is aware that the three main spending Departments are Education and Science, Heath and Children and Social and Family Affairs. The bulk of public expenditure takes place in them.

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