Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)

Questions will arise but given the short time we have we will not reach them on Committee or Report Stages to elicit all of the information. The Government is rushing through this legislation. It is a pity it does not rush to the election, as I stated earlier. We should have dealt with this during an election campaign in which all of the platforms were put to the people prior to the Minister impacting on the poorest in our society. Who will reverse these cuts after an election? Who is willing to stand in opposition to each of these sections and reverse them on being elected to government? To date, Fine Gael has stated some of the same cuts will be implemented and I have not heard from the Labour Party other than its leader stating he will not reverse cuts. Perhaps things have changed now that they have seen the full scale of the cuts to be implemented.

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