Mr. John O'Brien:

There was a memo on 1 April 2009 from the Secretary General to the Minister, more or less confirming what he had put in the letter of sanction. "It would be very difficult to justify withholding the increases from HSE staff when they have already been paid in the rest of the public service." There is an indication straight away that he understands there is an injustice going on here. On 21 April-----