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

However, I recognise this reflects genuine pressures and needs. There has been almost a lost decade in which investment all Members of this House would have liked to have made could not be made. The Government must try to cut its cloth to make the investment over the coming years in those areas in which it can have the greatest impact. I recognise that priorities have been set out here and the Government must try to accommodate them as best it can over a period of three to five years.

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