Seanad debates
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed)
4:00 pm
Larry Butler (Fianna Fail)
This great investment in education will benefit children. A total of €46 million has been invested in science and technology programmes, while €141 million has been put into infrastructure and higher education. These are all positive provisions in the budget. We did some things that normally we would not like to do, but we must live in the real world. When one is borrowing €500 million a week to support social welfare------
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