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

As I pointed out, the public sector pay bill is now at a record high.

It comes to approximately €18 billion a year. There is enough to build a children’s hospital every two months. We have set aside €400 million for public sector pay increases this year. Anyone who is drawing equivalence with the national children’s hospital or the national broadband plan needs to understand these figures.

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