Question of priorities

JUST to be clear on how things stand. A full out-of-hours social service to place children in a safe environment, as recommended by the Monageer report, is not possible in the current economic downturn. Similarly, two wards in Crumlin Children’s Hospital are to be closed because of a lack of funds.

The state’s finances have not, however, reached such a critical phase as to warrant the cancellation of massive pensions to politicians while they are still collecting very generous salaries.

Anthony Sheridan