Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I put it again to the Taoiseach that this is a matter he must address. Is he prepared to face the facts and the reality of the situation, not the spin that he and other of his colleagues are trying to have us believe?

Will the Government agree, in the context of social partnership and whatever hope and prospect there is of talks on resumed social partnership engagement, that a reversal of the decision on the percentage reduction for low income earners is an absolute necessity if we are to see any real engagement with the trade unions representing the public service workers across this State? Let the Taoiseach make no mistake, in the talks before the budget, the public service unions put forward imaginative proposals-----

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