Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I wish to make two quick points. I do not believe whoever drafted the answer to my question read it but just issued the Minister with a statement on the Croke Park agreement. I asked about savings, but the Minister did not mention any figure. The only figure he mentioned was the €1 billion he mentioned in response to my follow-up question. He should have given us some of the figures for savings and I ask him to correct that omission.

Second, I put a simple question as to whether the agreement was contingent on the successful conclusion of the Croke Park deal. In other words, if there is not a successful conclusion, will the Minister legislate to have the proposals implemented? He did not deal with that issue. Will he confirm whether he will legislate if the deal is not agreed to?

On the issue of Members not contributing, it would be helpful if the members of the Labour Party national executive involved in the talks did not mention Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael every time they appeared on television. They are politicising the process already.

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