Dáil debates

Thursday, 27 October 2016

Questions on Proposed Legislation

 

12:05 pm

Photo of Frances FitzgeraldFrances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No one wants to see the restoration of pay more than the Government. That is why we are managing the economy as we are and ensuring that we have a process in place to ensure that we move towards full pay restoration. That is the goal. I have already laid out this morning the way in which we intend to achieve that. We have been through a difficult time in this country and public sector workers, the self-employed and many others have suffered a great deal. We recognise the efforts everybody has made to arrive at a point where we are thankfully in a position to begin and to have begun pay restoration. We have laid out how we can further ensure that there is ongoing pay restoration. Clearly, however, the economy must be managed carefully if we are to continue to be able to do that. That is why the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, has laid out very clearly the role of a public service pay commission as a very important part of ensuring we have an appropriate successor to the Lansdowne Road agreement.

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