Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

The agreement is part of the process of the preparation for the budget, and responsible Ministers have a duty to reflect on the independent report and on the figures as we move forward in that preparation. Both Ministers will come before the Government in due course and the Government will do its work, as it is required to do under the Constitution and under the mandate it has. The Croke Park agreement is part of that process.

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