09/12/09

“The State pays the salaries for the public sector and the payments for social welfare recipients and they can only pay on the basis of the money available” said Dr. Rory O’Hanlon T.D. when speaking about Budget 2010.

He said that “over the last twelve years when money was available substantial increases in salaries and social welfare allowances were paid and rightly so but now unfortunately the exchequer does not have the money and difficult and unpopular decisions have to be made”.

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