Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)

I move:

That Dáil Éireann:

- rejects as neither just nor equitable in all the circumstances the decision made by the Minister for Finance on 22 December 2009 to reverse the reductions in base salary for the highest-paid public servants announced in budget 2010, while leaving the cuts for the lowest-paid public servants unchanged; and

- calls on the Government, in the interests of fairness and solidarity, to implement in full the recommendations of Report No. 44 of the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Sector.

With the House's permission, I wish to share time with Deputies Denis Naughten, Michael Ring, Tom Hayes and Pádraic McCormack.

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