Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have heard the Minister called lots of things but never Hercules. That is great. The Minister is fixated on the need to find €300 million within the public sector payroll. Has the troika instructed him that it must be found there, or is it the case with many policy areas, including the sale of State assets which we just discussed, that the targets are set and the troika is hands-off in terms of where the Government finds the money or makes the adjustments? Has the troika instructed the Minister to find the money in the public sector pay envelope?

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