Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

Can I take it from the Minister's replies to Deputies Martin Brady and Catherine Murphy that extra, unusual representations were made by representative bodies in the context of this redundancy package because of the numbers involved? Could one deduce from that reply that a certain interpretation of the law, and the opinion given on it, which the Attorney General took 12 months to deliver and which remains secret, was such that the most benign interpretation of the legal advice was taken in respect of this package because of pressure of an exceptional nature being brought to bear?

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