David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will come to public sector pay shortly. I have a slight concern that, outside the Committee of Public Accounts, there is an ongoing live and necessary debate on the application of the fiscal rules and their fairness, and whether they are fit for purpose. In a Dáil committee this morning, the Minister expressed the view that they were not but I do not get a sense of urgency from either the Department of Finance or the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, or that they recognise the debate going on outside. I ask Mr. Watt to forward on to me any information on changes that have been secured or sought. I am only giving my opinion on these things.