Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 December 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Report 42 of the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Service: Discussion

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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My interpretation of the unwinding is the restoration of the payments associated with FEMPI. We discussed those at length in this committee and in other committees, and in the House. I am sure my colleagues will follow it up, but it might be better to invite a delegation from the Department before the committee. It need not be a long meeting. Half an hour would do it. It will be either "Yes" or "No"; it will either work or it will not work. The commitment has been given in good faith and taken in good faith. For that reason, we should make an incisive intervention.