Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Tánaiste is sincere and very genuine about this. Deputy O'Dea is aware that recommendations were made in the past for wage and pay increases in a very unstructured way. The low pay commission will have to go through a process of consultation to set up a framework for a much more scientific and modern way to deal with this. It will not just be a figure plucked out of the air. There will be a basis and a structure to it. That it is not on the A list does not mean no work is going on. I will advise Deputy O'Dea as to the preparatory works that are under way. The A list is legislation that must be processed during this particular session. The answer to the Deputy's question is that the Tánaiste is of course sincere, but the matter requires proper preparation and extensive consultation to get right.

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