Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

This is the up-to-date position. I have explained to Deputy Gilmore that the DPP's office has come back and indicated where it will make the 3% savings. It has indicated that it is confident of achieving that without having an adverse impact on front-line prosecution services. How simple is that? Where is the doubt in it?

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