Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I asked previously for that information to be provided to the committee. The council has made these points in the media and elsewhere. It would be helpful to members of this committee to have a breakdown of the components. We will hear from the Government that it is a Government decision to increase public sector wages or pension payments for senior citizens but some elements are unavoidable such as the pressures on our health and education systems and the non-pay components that will increase. If we were able to identify those areas from the point of view of the council, it would be helpful for us in terms of teasing out those issues. I ask the council to furnish us with whatever information it has.