Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)

Every time there is a problem, the Minister tells us she will make increased savings. She told us in July or August she would get €25 million in savings, which was the subject matter of the first question. However, she was unable to explain how that €25 million has been obtained. Now, she is telling us she will save another €4.2 million in respect of this through increased savings. From where is that €4.2 million to come? If it is so easy to make savings by increased controls, as she seems to think, why has the Department, the Minister and her predecessors not been doing this every year for the past number of years? I again ask the Minister to outline how exactly the saving of €4.2 million will be accounted for in the Department's budget.

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