David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way it is possible to justify pay increases for Deputies in April 2017 and again in January 2018 in view of the fact there was a 10 cent increase in the minimum wage and very little of substance in the budget for low and middle income families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31163/16]

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