Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

What the Deputy has to bear in mind is that our deficit this year is €12 billion, next year it is expected to be €9 billion, and in 2015 it is expected to be just over €5 billion. We need to move to a point where the country can start to recruit front-line workers again and where we have sorted out the public financial mess we have inherited for quite some time.

The reductions in pay for those on the higher levels have ranged between 3% and 30%. On the other issues the Deputy raised, when they are seen in terms of the complete package, we will focus on the fact that there is not any individual sector being targeted deliberately by Government. The talks that are ongoing-----

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