Mr. John O'Brien:

Mary Harney. On 21 April, he wrote again to the Minister. We do not know why it was necessary to issue two memos, but it says more or less the same thing: "I don’t think we can justify withholding the increases from HSE staff given that they have been paid...in the rest of the public service. Nor do I think we can justify withholding retrospection." That was in April 2009 and then there was a period of silence until FEMPI came on the scene in early December 2009.