James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yes, I am on record as having said that. We will use all available powers to us to ensure that the pubic pay policy is adhered to. One of the avenues open to us is the service level agreement but I want to make sure this is done in a way that affects those who are in breach and not those whom they are supposed to served. I do not want patients or clients of any of these institutions or bodies affected in any way negatively as a consequence of behaviours of others because this is not their fault and they have no implication in it. It is the people at the top who need to sort it out and be sorted out in respect of the manner in which the arrangements that were in place under the previous administration have panned out. I take this opportunity to again appeal to people at this time of the year not to allow what is currently before us at this committee and before the Committee of Public Accounts to impede them in respect of their normal sense of charity and justice towards those who are less fortunate than themselves.