Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

Is it not difficult for ordinary workers to understand that they are being asked to take pain in the national interest, in a deal brokered between the Government and the trade unions by the chairman of the Labour Relations Commission, when they see a bonus of €1 million being paid after the introduction of the Government guarantee, excess payments being made to the former chief executive and a litany of other matters in that institution and others? Is this not hard to understand when the Government appears powerless to stand in the face of the juggernaut of bankers at senior level and the manner in which they have got their way? Does the Taoiseach accept that the concerns expressed this morning by the chairman of the Labour Relations Commission are valid? Does he not accept that unless he acts swiftly and is seen to be acting-----

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