John Perry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)

Given the generosity of redundancies and the precedent set with regard to payments has the Government stated categorically that it will not pay it because it would set an unbelievable precedent? Will the Minister of State agree it was a major mistake not to have renegotiated the derogation for PRSI? The derogation would have meant 20% of taxation which would have made the jobs more sustainable. Is it a mistake that we are only now raising it with the EU?

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