The Fine Gael Party is committed to restoring community enterprise. We regret that the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Minister for Finance failed to recognise the great work that has been done through community employment schemes. Whether the word used is "cut" or "slashed", the cause and effect are the same. The cause is Government ineptitude and mishandling of finances, of which there is evidence everywhere, the effect is to punish and penalise the less well-off.