Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

In particular, does the Government require the nurses' unions to resolve this matter through the benchmarking process? Is that the only process open to them? If there is an alternative route, will the Taoiseach tell the House what it is?

On the particular claims, does the Taoiseach accept that his friends, the builders, are the people mainly responsible for driving nurses to industrial action because they can no longer afford to live in this city and in parts of the country? What is the Government's attitude towards providing a Dublin allowance for the nurses concerned?

See this speech in context