Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I do not know about the other question. That was the agreement reached in Bord Gáis Éireann on the pay freeze. In fact, I am told the pay freeze will last until December 2015 in BGE. I presume that was simply a three-year horizon, similar to the negotiations on the Haddington Road agreement. One must take a horizon of a reasonable period. I hope our economy will have improved at that stage to allow for consideration of wages in the economy generally.

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