Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I raised the issue of the provision for an 8% increase publicly yesterday morning and in my contribution to the debate yesterday evening. Regrettably, the Social Democrats-Green Party grouping did not get any notification of a briefing this morning, nor did we get any material. As of now, we have nothing other than what the Minister spoke about this morning. It is regrettable that we were excluded from that briefing and we would like an opportunity provided to us as early as possible to have a briefing-----

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