Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)

If we do not take in more tax revenue and do not create more jobs, there will not be money for social welfare. There will not be money for services. That balance must be struck.

With due respect to the Labour Party, it sees things from a slightly different perspective and I respect that view. I hope people will also respect the fact that certain decisions have been made not to bail out bankers and developers but to try to make the cutbacks in a sensitive a way as possible and to share the pain.

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