Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We made it very clear last week that we knew that the HSE and teachers are not included in the figures provided. I forgot to mention that the local authorities are also not included.

They took the view that there might be a risk to the State to have all 300,000 public servants paid through one centre. It is probably no harm not to have everything under the one. That is probably a strategic issue. In everything that was said the last day, there may have been an impression as people dipped in and out of the meeting. Those who were here understood there are lots of areas outside, but the casual viewer would have thought national shared services covered all government. They are doing their job.