Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 10 November 2015
Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform
Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Committee Stage
5:30 pm
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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Let me answer that question first. It is aimed at nobody in particular. It is a general provision; it involves an extension on an existing provision. Let me be very clear.
The FEMPI legislation on reducing public sector pay is something that no one wanted, but we are in a crisis. Some of the Deputies opposite live in fantasy land where there is no crisis or----