Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

First I should say that Deputy Howlin, in his previous capacity as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in the previous Government, did an enormous job in dealing with very difficulty circumstances. I have commended him publicly before for his engagement with trade unions on public sector pay in very difficult circumstances given the nature of the decisions that the Government of the day were to make, particularly in the first three years.

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