Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I note the Minister congratulates herself on the increase, which is 28%. This is a significant increase but is not much good if one does not receive it. That is the problem. No one has been paid it yet. The branch managers are still working on the old system, in respect of which income has been depleted considerably because of the fall in the numbers on the live register. They are operating in a context in which their expenses have increased considerably. The problem is that if this matter drags on too long before the new package, the new remuneration levels, can come into place, some of them will financially go to the wall. That is the reality of the matter. They can barely survive as it is. The Minister may shake her head-----

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