Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Social protection is an interesting example of the choices. We know from the Fianna Fáil numbers in the four year plan prior to the last election that the people were far better advised to choose this Government in respect of social protection. If the party opposite had gone into government, the cuts that would have occurred in social protection - this is from its own words before the election - would have been many hundreds of millions of euro worse. Not to choose the Fianna Fáil way, which would have been deeper social welfare cuts than would ever have happened under this Government, was a very good choice by the Irish people. That is not just rhetoric on my part but is based on that party's own numbers. Deputy Kelleher is right in respect of choice.

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