Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)

Will the Taoiseach confirm if it is true that those increments are being paid to people at the very top end of the public service? Are people earning six figure sums of over €100,000 a year being paid that amount? If that is the case, that is an argument in itself for a reopening of the Croke Park agreement because it is unfair. I am sure the Taoiseach will acknowledge that people being paid so much at this time of austerity should not be gaining so much when people at the bottom of the scale are being considered as a target for cuts and public service cuts in the budget.

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