John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will not even engage in the red herring of comparisons with a different state. The Minister does not care about the people of the Six Counties, yet he uses them as a false argument to try to tarnish Sinn Féin. It is impossible to compare like with like in that context. For the Minister to simplify the issue says a great deal about him.

The Minister has failed to answer my question, which has been put repeatedly to the Tánaiste, the Taoiseach and him. It goes to the core of equality. The Minister cannot grasp this simple issue. As he mentioned teachers, I will mention nurses, gardaí and the fact that public servants have experienced large pay cuts. There is an unjust two-tiered system for post-2011 entrants. My daughter graduated as a primary school teacher and was expected to work alongside colleagues who may have graduated the year before. She has had to emigrate as a result of the inequality that the Government has built into the system.

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