Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)

I do not accept that. The volumes are up, which means that these people are saving the State huge amounts of money. It is imperative that these are put into place as quickly as possible. Is the Government continuing with the clientelism that we all hated with the last Government, where people had to go to Deputies who had a hotline to get through to a particular area? This Government has promised to move away from the failed politics we have had in recent years.

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