Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

This pertains to promised legislation. Against the background of the significant cuts in public service workers and emergency service pay, the Government also announced in last week's budget a 10% cut in local authority funding for fire and emergency services. How can this be justified against a backdrop of what people already have experienced in the latter part of this year and with no certainty that the winter months still before us will not see a repetition of those dreadful circumstances? How can the Government justify-----

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