Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am obviously very sympathetic toward Deputy Butler’s point of view but if he says we should increase the contribution by a quarter of 1%, rather than 1.5%, it means the State will be out by €155 million per annum for as long as that arrangement is in place. Perhaps it would be a good idea to invite the Minister for Finance to come to our next meeting. We could discuss this with him in addition to the Minister for Social Protection.