Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

She was wrong about that because we got a reduction of 2.5%, at a value of €10 billion to the country. Her accusation today that we have not delivered on political reform is also wrong. We cut the pay of Ministers, made cuts regarding the transport arrangements of Ministers and capped the salaries of public servants. We have changed the pension arrangements for top-level public servants and the arrangements for the appointment of top-level civil servants through changes in the TLAC system. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform announced last week the most comprehensive set of public service reforms we have seen in this country. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald was wrong about that too.

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