Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)

Ba mhaith liom an Dáil a chur ar athló faoi réir Buan Órdú 32 chun déileáil leis an ghné rí-thábhactach seo: the burden of the recovery that is being forced by the Government on to the shoulders of communities that is painfully disproportionate, while at the same time the high rollers and bond holders at Anglo Irish Bank are protected from their losses with the result that our vital community infrastructure has been cut to the bone with an estimated 5,000 job losses in the sector over the year and the scaling back or demise of projects and essential services for children, older people, people with disabilities, people suffering from drug addiction and one-parent families, and the need for the Government to respond to the canal communities who were outside the gates of Leinster House yesterday by recognising that it is both socially and economically wrong to cut this sector and by giving a commitment that there will be no further cuts in the upcoming budget.

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