Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I accept the point Mr. Watt is making. Not everybody in an organisation of 325,000 people will be on par or above par. The vast bulk of employees are. This is Ireland - we all know people who work in various Departments and in the wider public service, which, as Mr. Watt has acknowledged, is much larger than the Civil Service. It is very frustrating to have an employee who consistently has to be prodded, pushed, minded and watched when there are other people who are superbly good at what they do and they are all on the same pay. Some people know that they can come in, do as little as they can get away with and go home and there is very little anyone can do about it. This demoralises people who are breaking their backs because there is not as much opportunity for them.