Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I feel that my ears are not hearing what the Deputy has suggested given that he was the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for five years and central to the establishment of the public service stability agreement, which has been tested time and again but has always held firm. That the Deputy would suggest we break with the public service stability agreement and put paid to the 1.75% pay increase - coming this September anyway - with a view for one section of the public sector-----

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