John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

If Governments, including this Government, had a backbone at all, they would turn around, support the Labour Court judgment and pay. I would love to hear the Government's explanation as to why senior civil servants were allowed to pay themselves while leaving outside the door one small cohort of people who, apart from deserving it, have been supported by the Labour Court in their claim. It is despicable.