Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I accept that but I wanted to know what the Department's plan was to deal with the emergence of a potential issue. It is quite worrying when the Minister describes some of our State companies as being fragile and in a precarious state. Given that wage increase requests have been submitted, how will the Department deal with it if the companies in question are not in a position to meet those claims?