Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach has not provided clarity. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform promised legislation implementing a 7% across the board cut in public sector workers' wages if the Croke Park II agreement was rejected. The Croke Park II proposals have gone down in flames because low and middle income workers in the public sector cannot take any more cuts, nor can they in the private sector. Is the Taoiseach resiling from the threat of further savage cuts?

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