Ms Patricia King:

I am confused about this because all workers are not lumped together in the Croke Park agreement. We represent our members and the agreement is the mechanism to which we agreed to have matters ordered for them. There is nothing stopping committee members, as legislators, from making decisions on rates of pay for groups they determine are highly paid. This would require the trade union movement to do what it had to do. Members of the committee would not see me standing outside with a picket because of the position taken by consultants or county managers.