Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

It is important to make one or two points. The report has been received by the Minister for Finance and its purpose is to inform the Government in the context of the Estimates process. It is appropriate and equally important to say that the public should be made aware of the choices that must be made and the context in which this will be done. However, as a former member of the Cabinet, the Leader of the Opposition knows there is a process to be followed.

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