Averil Power (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The bottom line will still be the same, with which I have no issue. It will still be that the same overall level of cuts must be achieved, but they can be fairer. Alternatives have been mentioned such as an increase in the universal social charge. I know they appeal to Members on the other side of the House and that, in all honesty, if they think about them, they know they are right. I just hope that at least two or three Members on the Government side will have the courage and decency to do the right thing.