Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I do. Nobody is saying the Government should reverse decisions made two months ago, but it is in a position to say that while €3 billion will be taken out of the economy at the end of 2010, there will be no further cuts in public sector pay, with particular reference to those who are on the line as it is.

I asked the Taoiseach one more question, which he may have forgotten to answer. What is the status of the National Implementation Body? Arising from that, what sort of mechanisms are in place for sensitive sectors such as air traffic control? Nobody wants to see a repeat of the industrial action taken by those working in this sector, but if the implementation body had been in place, it might never have got that far. We are a long way from returning to that sort of relationship. What mechanisms are in place for such sectors?

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