Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

-----there was an attempt to rewrite history the night of the promissory notes but we know the history. The Minister and I and a few others stood against it. Given those circumstances and given the fact that we have an earlier budget this year because of the two pack, is there not a case for giving public servants and the rest of the population a bit of a break, and to give them some kind of encouragement and reward rather than chastising them again? I say that given the kind of pressures people have and the feeling that they are on the edge of a precipice. Could the Minister explain the focus on the €300 million?

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