Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am familiar with the assaults on the pay of local authority and health sector workers in recent years which were introduced unilaterally and challenged heavily by the trade union movement. I made the point at the hearings on the Department of Defence allowances that there were many Defence Forces families who could become dependent on family income supplement if their allowances were removed. Does Ms King agree that if there were a widespread cull of allowances for lower paid workers, in one way or another the taxpayer would end up footing the bill through increased social welfare payments to those affected?