Mairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as teacht os comhair na coiste seo. We have already spoken at length about this on Second Stage in the Dáil Chamber. As I said at the time, it was good that an agreement was reached and that members of the different trade unions had the opportunity to vote on that. That is a decision for the trade union members. As the Minister clearly outlined, public sector workers have been at the front line during the Covid pandemic and we owe them enormous gratitude. Having this kind of public service pay Bill is, of course, extremely important. I hope that line of communication and that good relationship continue.

Will the Bill return bargaining to pre-FEMPI conditions? I do not have many other questions on the specifics of the Bill because we have gone through it in detail in the Dáil Chamber.