Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There will be a time and a place for that. It is in the interest of fairness across the board because we face external challenges as well arising from the decision of the UK and other international events that may have an impact upon the world economy and upon ours as an exporting nation. There is pressure on the Exchequer pay bill. Nobody I know wants to wreck the hard-won gains in our economy made by the sacrifices of the people over the past six or seven years.

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