Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

The Minister mentioned section 6A.(7) and stated that once the pay restoration brought a person's pay above the pay level they were at when the emergency measures were introduced, ,then the increase would take effect, in other words the person would start to move into plus territory over and above what they were earning in 2009. Is it not a fact that for vast numbers of public servants who are on low and middle incomes, none will move into the plus territory by the end of 2018, which is the end of the Lansdowne Road agreement? My reference for this point is the table produced by IMPACT. I know it is different across the public sector but clearly this table shows that in 2018, people on incomes of €30,000, €40,000 and €50,000, which are the examples given, will still be earning less than they were earning in 2009. The legislation may indicate otherwise but it will not happen in reality.