Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As the Deputy knows, average pay for nurses in Ireland, including overtime and allowances, is more than €50,000 a year, which salary is well deserved. They earn every euro of that. The Deputy will know that we have passed legislation in the House to repeal the financial emergency measures and are phasing out all of those public pay cuts over time in a way that is affordable for taxpayers, starting with the lowest paid and ending with the best paid.

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