Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

What I regard as fair and equitable is to examine the cumulative position since 2008 for various grades. I will repeat them for Deputy O'Donnell. The reduction for a Secretary General at level 1 is 33.9%, 27.3% for a deputy secretary general, 24.9% for an assistant secretary general, 19.3% for a higher grade principal officer, which is the position we have as Members of this House, 16.8% for an assistant principal and 7.3% for a clerical officer. If Members of the House wish to devote themselves to the proposition that sections of the community can be entirely exempt from making a contribution to the economic crisis or the necessary savings that can be effected in the public service, well and good. However, these are the facts and they speak for themselves.

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