Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

No one's job is being compromised or undermined in any way by the allocations they have received. The 3% payroll cut is required across the public service. People in many organisations can have a different view. It is predictable that people working in various offices and agencies have a certain view of what their allocation should be. The taxpayer does not have infinite resources. We have allocated the resources, which are much higher than would have been available to the DPP's office or any other office four or five years ago when people got on with their jobs. That is what we have to do in this situation.

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