Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Government needs €500 million to plug the hole in the budget deficit this year. With the demographic changes, next year, in the words of the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, he needs €200 million and the Government is providing an extra €600 million. By any stretch of imagination the Government is automatically down €100 million before it even starts.

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