Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Not for the first time, I am bemused by Deputy McDonald. She is arguing that we did not go far enough while at the same time accusing us of failing to take account of spending power. I do not doubt that we would be having a different dialogue if we had taken the decision to eliminate all the allowances I have identified in the first annexe to the report, which would have taken €4,000 out of the pocket of every garda and thousands of euro from teachers and firefighters. I am not sure the Deputy is in favour of that.

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