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

I understand that the Minister had indicative figures of what would be achieved under the Croke Park II agreement but it was not accepted. He said the higher pay cuts would be approximately €250 million. We did not get the figures from the Minister because he has never given a figure in the House but they were obtained elsewhere. Figures were given for the redundancy, agency reductions and overtime cuts. The Sunday premium was due to save approximately €65 million in the period as well as savings on increments and substitution and supervision in education, which has changed a little in the agreement.

I do not know whether we will have another opportunity for Question Time before the summer recess but I seek an undertaking that when the agreement is reached, whether the Dáil is still in session or if it is a week later, that the Minister would publish a breakdown of the figures so that we would know how much the different components in the different sectors are adding to the €1 billion. The target is €1 billion and people need to know whether it is a real target. I urge the Minister to make a commitment to provide the figures at the earliest possible date.

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