Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yes. It come back to us directly because there was too much in the public domain. A document was put into the public domain and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform stated it did not want recommendations to be made, that it wanted hard data. That is exactly what it got in the joint submission, namely, the data analysis it had sought. I am delighted that both the Department and the military came up with a joint submission. The Chief of Staff described the submission to the Public Service Pay Commission as being very robust. I look forward to the commission reporting back in due course. The Government can then consider its findings.

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