Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

They have not come from my Department and they have not come from me. Deputy O'Dea referred to Animal Farm. He knows, because he quotes so liberally from it, that in Animal Farm some creatures consider themselves more important than others. I consider the people who are most important are people like our pensioners who require and, I hope, will receive protection in the forthcoming budget. We were able to do that last year and I hope we will be able to do it this year.

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