Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick East, Fine Gael)

I note that Deputy Mansergh agrees with our suggestion that public sector remuneration should be decoupled from the private sector. I presume he put that to the Minister personally. Will the Minister take on board what his party colleague has said and reduce the level of increase that he has taken on the higher remuneration? The proposed changes are window-dressing because they will not come into effect for three years. We need to deal with that matter now.

The Deputy referred to the coalition Government of 1981. He should look back to 1977——

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