Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Other people who spoke prior to the two Deputies Healy-Rae referred to various decisions made. Of course, they did not refer to the fact the Labour Party in government presided over the introduction of free GP care for children aged under six, special needs assistants and extra resource teachers in schools and the second free preschool year in the absolute worst of times. Just for the record, it was the Fianna Fáil and Green Party Government prior to the Labour Party coming into power that cut €8 from every single social welfare recipient because the economy had collapsed, because the bank guarantee, which we voted against, had been implemented and because there was no money. Any Minister who had to cut his or her budget did so because he or she was in an impossible situation with not enough money.

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