Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am not sure whether Deputy Mattie McGrath asked a question but I will respond in any event. I do not think he wants to pick on any category of public servant, whether teachers, nurses or gardaí, simply because of the way in which their wages were historically constituted. I do not think any Deputy would have been happy if I had taken that route, other than, perhaps, one or two.

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