Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy probably knows that but it was just part of his rhetoric. None of the changes we have sought to introduce is particularly relished on this side of the House. We have done it in the fairest possible way. We have done it in a way that minimises the impact on the most vulnerable in our society and in particular on older persons. For that reason the interventions of the Members opposite at this late stage cannot be taken particularly seriously.

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