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Wed 10 Oct 2009€4bn budget cuts with or without partners, says Cowen
THE TAOISEACH has said he will implement the planned €4 billion in spending cuts next year with or without agreement from the social partners.
In talks with farm leaders as part of the social partnership process, Brian Cowen signalled that a third of the overall cuts would come from reductions in the public sector pay bill, a third from social welfare payments and the final third from cuts in services.
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