Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

Will that principle apply generally now? If that principle is to be applied to the numbers of Ministers of State, will it also apply throughout Government services, that if the cost of Government is reduced numbers are safe? Will that apply in the HSE? Is that the direction the Taoiseach has given to an bord snip? Has an bord snip been given this principle and told that if it can achieve reductions in the cost of Government, there is no need to achieve reductions in numbers?

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