Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 March 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs
Ireland's Role in the Future of the European Union: Discussion
3:40 pm
Mr. Paul Murphy, MEP:
That is fine. The Vice Chairman can consider the word "betrayed" withdrawn.
The key point is that this is an issue for the trade union movement. There will be a battle in the movement between those who oppose and those who favour the Croke Park II agreement. The former are primarily sections of the trade union leadership. I am on the side of those in that debate who are against the Croke Park agreement and view it as another attack on the wages of public sector workers. I have enjoyed the debate and will leave it at that.
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