Colm Brophy (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for coming into us today. Professor Barrett's last contribution showed one of the things that is the real problem sometimes when one looks at things economically. While one might end up with a macro viewpoint on something, it sounds absolutely absurd when one hears it out loud. If anyone was to suggest that we cut low-paid public sector workers' pay because of some macro economic perspective, it would be an example of the absurdity one can end up sometimes with economics.