Darragh O'Brien (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Let me outline some facts and we will cut through all the Government spin and bull that we have been listening to in recent weeks. These cuts were not announced in the budget or by the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan. She should have come into the Dáil and Seanad and set out her reasoning for this but she did not. The circular was sent to local authorities on new year's eve. If that is not trying to sneak something in under the radar I do not know what is.