Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am interested that both Dr. Ryan and Mr. Neville raised the point in relation to the financial proof elements of it. Where there is a call for a pay rise and the company says while it would love to give one, it cannot afford it, there is a well-established practice in the Workplace Relations Commission whereby it appoints an independent person to look at the books privately and without exposing them to anybody else. The person can come back and say whether the firm can afford it. It has never been a problem. There has never been a challenge while the practice has been in place for years. Why could that same system not operate here?