Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Another submission asserting other than what I have done or what the submission did would have been sent from the INMO and all of the unions that were active in the health service. The body that adjudicated over that was not the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, but the Public Service Pay Commission, which is independent of me. Some of its report's recommendations caused challenges. For example, it made a recommendation on changing allowances, which I had not done previously. I have accepted its analysis. My Department did not make a determination on the issue. We are basing our analysis on an independent body that has an independent board.