Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

For those who have made that call on me and who claim to stand up for and represent the workers, I will pay them a compliment that they will not afford to most other Members in this House. I will pay them the compliment of saying that I believe their desire to represent those workers is authentic. So is mine. So is the desire of other Members of the House who understand that there are trade-offs and choices to be made. It is in that spirit that I have looked to find a way of progressing the public service and wage agreements that we have with the unions. The inability of those who, again and again, have asked for a way out of the FEMPI legislation to recognise the fact that we have developed a path to do so is matched only by their unwillingness to acknowledge the facts that are contained in the agreement that is currently under ballot by the public service unions.

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