Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

If a bonus is paid anyway, then of course that incentive is not there. I agree with my colleague, Deputy Mattie McGrath, that the Minister should have been advised of the wider application of this decision to more than 600 civil and public servants following the decision before Christmas. I particularly welcome the fact that the Minister has sanctioned an independent efficiency review of local authorities as well as the HSE.

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