Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I alluded to this amendment earlier when dealing with the proposition of suspending the operation of incremental pay scales for two years for any public servant not encompassed by a registered collective agreement as outlined in section 7 of the Act. Will the Minister explain the rationale for this? The view of many teachers and members of the TUI is that this measure is aimed explicitly at them. If that is not the case, will the Minister set out the rationale for the inclusion of this provision?