Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

If all of this is done, as the Minister of State suggests, in the way the amendment is tabled, one would simply accept what is here. Because we have debated this at length in budget after budget, and have been faced by regressive budgets from the Minister, his party and the Government, the Minister of State knows that equality budgeting is far removed from his ideological position. We have proposed legislation on equality budgeting, but the Government voted it down because it is opposed to equality.

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