Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has spelled out his estimate of the cost. He has also said there is no intention of increasing taxes to generate money to pay for it; it must come from within the public budget.

On the Haddington Road and Lansdowne Road agreements, obviously the Lansdowne Road agreement allows for an initiation of a reduction and retraction of the FEMPI legislation. That has been done in the case of opportunities for new teachers and other sectors because the Lansdowne Road agreement allows for a difference in the conclusion of discussions, depending on who is being dealt with. In that context ,the Minister set out the cost. It is necessary to have an orderly plan to deal with the eventual successor to the Lansdowne Road agreement and that is very much on the Minister's mind.

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