Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick East, Fine Gael)

I will make two brief points. Today, the OECD issued a report on Europe's economic indicators. In Ireland, it singled out the ongoing pay talks and pay restraints. This is like déjÀ vu because I also asked the Minister's predecessor whether he believed that telling people to have pay restraints on the one hand while, one the other, Ministers are accepting pay rises above the average industrial wage was hypocritical. Does the Minister believe he is entitled to be paid more than the Secretary of the Treasury in the US?

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