Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

That will happen. We would all agree, regardless of our portfolios, that the issue of competitiveness is hugely important. That is why it is being stridently dealt with by me, my colleagues in the Department and a number of other cross-cutting Departments. I am sure competitiveness will be one of the key issues in the pay talks.

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