Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

As I made clear on the day we launched this provision, Ministers, officerholders and special advisers to the Government would all voluntarily accept exclusion from the pay restoration provided for in the legislation. It is not provided for specifically because I do not want to single out any category, but it will happen and the individuals concerned, including every member of the Government, have already agreed to it, formally, by Cabinet decision.