Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I ask the Leas-Cheann Comhairle to give me a minute. I am not too sure the cost of amalgamations have been factored in. There is the cost of making 500 staff redundant because that will involve a pensions cost. There is also the cost of outsourcing services. Does the Minister anticipate services being outsourced? The Minister might address those three questions on the amalgamation cost, the cost of making 500 more redundant, and whether there will be outsources and whether there has been a calculation done on the outsourcing of services.

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