Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not because we are coming to the end of FEMPI, as I have outlined. All low and middle-income public service workers have been fully reinstated at this point. We will have further restoration for higher earners in July of this year and then the final restoration for the highest earners in July 2022. Those dates are effectively set out in law. I would have had to issue orders before Christmas in respect of those issues. It was in that context that I sought the advice of the Attorney General as to the obligations in this case and the legal issues that needed to be considered. His advice was clear.