Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach will accept that I know something about the Lansdowne Road agreement. The re-evaluation process was to be held before the economic crisis. By agreement, those matters were put into abeyance until such time as we again had the capacity to pay. With the forbearance and agreement of the unions and the workers in the health service, there was a clear understanding that once the re-evaluation of the job specifications was completed, the remuneration appropriate to the new grading would apply. These are relatively low-paid workers who have accepted a series of pay agreements on the understanding that the State would honour them. It is my judgment that the non-payment of this evaluation is a breach of what was agreed. I ask the Taoiseach to intervene in order to ensure that trust is restored and that the workers get that to which they are entitled.

See this speech in context