Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

Will this have any cost implications for the Department? Members of our party met EU and IMF officials a couple of weeks ago and were told that they would not allow for any savings or cutbacks that would impinge on the less well off, the old and the vulnerable. I am mindful of what was done last week, which may have had implications in that very area. They mentioned that the Minister had passed on some correspondence to the EU and the IMF. Is it possible for that to be made public?

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