Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

My advice was to consolidate and have one retirement voice. In fairness to them, that is what they did. I said I would meet them when that materialised, and I did so. I also told them that they could not participate because I was dealing with ICTU in the pay talks. However, I said I would ensure they were fully briefed on the progress of talks and that they would not be left out in respect of pay restoration.

The Lansdowne Road agreement was predicated on pay restoration being focused in the first instance on people below €65,000. That was the Lansdowne Road element and it dovetailed into the Haddington Road provisions. What I am now proposing in legislative format is to have full restoration for anyone up to €34,000 in pensions, which equates to-----