Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I never said that. I acknowledged, stood up and said the Deputy was raising real issues but he should not put words in my mouth or suggest for a moment that I am not taking seriously the issues he is raising. What I am simply saying is that creating the image that our public services overall cannot get and keep people is wrong. It is wrong to say that.

The wages we are now offering in the public service are a combination of the increases we have been able to provide, and public service agreements, one after the other. Every single one of them, I think, the Deputy opposed.

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