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

Thank you for that, Ms King. I did hear the earlier contribution and was struck by it. The question I am asking, however, is whether that very clearly articulated position is the position of the group. Ms King is speaking on behalf of SIPTU, but I want to know whether it is the position of the ICTU's public services committee that allowances will be defended in the definitive way she has set out. It is notable that although Mr. Cody said a lot of things in his opening remarks, he certainly did not say that.