Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wish to ask about the new Croke Park deal and the Government's proposed legislation arising from that. We all know the deal unfairly and deliberately targets front-line workers and, yesterday, representatives of An Garda Síochána picketed outside the Oireachtas. I hope the Minister knows that public sector workers, like everybody else, have mortgages to pay and children to feed and clothe, and many of these people are struggling. Does the Government intend to introduce financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, legislation to cut public sector pay? Does it intend to legislate to slash the terms and conditions of public sector workers and civil servants? Will this legislation be introduced regardless of the ballot on the Croke Park II deal?

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