Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)

Why can the Government not cut back on this? Instead, it takes the easy option and wants to blame Fianna Fáil. This is something for which Fianna Fáil may take the blame but the Government, as Deputy Pringle rightly stated, will become Fianna Fáil-lite unless it differentiates itself on issues such as this, which are on a humanitarian level extremely important.

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