Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

-----on this issue so it is welcome to hear a unity of purpose exists. Several weeks ago the Taoiseach was asked in the Dáil about three elements of legislation committed to by the Minister, Deputy Howlin, which he stated would be implemented irrespective of a vote.

The Taoiseach was asked yesterday in the House if that legislation would be coming forward as regards aspects of this particular deal, but he equivocated on that and did not give a straight answer.

The Taoiseach talked about transparency, but the bottom line is that in recent weeks our spokesperson on this issue has been seeking full transparency on the €300 million of side deals that were negotiated with different unions to sweeten the deal after the LRC package had been announced, with a view to trying to get the numbers over the line.

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