Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is. The pilot is being introduced at present in Limerick and it will be introduced nationally later in the year. There are efforts in these areas and I believe Members should try to engage in respect of those things they can change and on how they can be changed against the constraints the State faces, rather than pretending one is living in an entirely different environment, in which one can shovel money around. That is not the environment that will be with us for some time.

I wish to make a final point, having listened to Deputy Ross and his talk about the lack of political reform. I believe the Government has made quite a lot of progress in respect of political reform. Quotas for women and an independent fiscal authority now have been put in place. Some of the bad decisions will not be as easily made.

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