Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

-----one has to be vigilant all the time and invest in whatever control mechanisms we can devise that will be effective. We must also be fair and ensure we do not suggest there is a level of defrauding taking place because that does an injustice to those who are entitled to it. I accept totally and unequivocally that anyone who uses the system on the basis of not being entitled to it does so at the expense of those who require it and the hard-pressed taxpayer who is seeking to fund it.

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