Michael Noonan (Limerick East, Fine Gael)

If the savings envisaged under the Croke Park agreement in the public pay bill are not achieved, then the Minister will have straight pay cuts, if he happens to be still around at the end of quarter three. Does he agree that the fact this is written into the memorandum of understanding is evidence that neither the IMF nor the European Union institutions believe the targets under the Croke Park agreement? If he is still in office, does he envisage raising this issue when the review of the Croke Park agreement takes place in early March?

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