Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Workers and Unemployed Action Group)

It is clear from the Minister's reply that even in the narrow focus of the expenditure of the Department of Defence there will not be savings now or in the long term. In fact, there will be increased costs in the short term. The Minister refuses to conduct a proper feasibility study that would include matters such as the cost of social welfare payments and medical cards being available to families as a result of this closure.

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