Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I can tell Deputy Wallace that I watch very little television.

This is an outrageous cut, given it is four and a half months late. The other organisations are also trying to plan their year. The Minister said that Tusla will cut back on overlaps and everything else. It will and it is spending the money well and doing some wonderful work. This is true of other agencies as well. However, to announce a cut in the budget at this time, when the Minister said last October that he was giving it €26 million extra suggests there is something wrong with the Minister. Is he mixed up or confused? Does the Minister have any word at all? Some €26 million extra was announced, but funding is being cut. The Minister is saying that he increased the money by 5%. The sum of €26 million would be much more than 5%. It would be a handsome increase of over one third.

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