Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

This is difficult but the Deputy saw the level of cuts that had to be made. There is no doubt that it is extremely difficult but when we examine the various options, and we had to examine the options, we found every one of them difficult. Does the Deputy believe there is any adverse change or cut with which anybody on this side of the House feels comfortable? The answer is "No". We want to maintain as best we can the integrity of the system we have and the maximum amount of resource we have available to it to ensure that those resources are best used. That is what we are trying to do in the circumstances.

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