Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Regardless of whether one is talking about Rehab, the Central Remedial Clinic, CRC, or any other charity, the first thing one must do is make it absolutely clear that the work these organisations do is very important. The people who depend on their services value the work they do and in whatever approach one might take or in anything one might say, one should be careful not to undermine public confidence in charities or to undermine the confidence people have in making donations to them. I do not believe the Deputy is correct in stating it was the first time the issue of the wind-down of the lottery payments had been raised in the House.

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