Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We will not scrap the pay and numbers strategy because that is how you run the country. You run Government Departments and public services by providing a budget that is voted through this House. That budget then translates into a number of positions in any public service agency and then the agency or the Minister responsible ensures those positions are filled. If it is the position of the Deputy that there should not be any budget at all linked to employment, that is radical but maybe-----

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