Members of this House feel, as politicians – we all suffer from it – that if they keep reasonably silent this will go away and they will not get the blame for it. However, I do not know any independent economists who have said this deal is good for Ireland, good for the economy or can even be afforded by this economy. I suggest this is because it cannot be afforded, and in the present circumstances it is the most extravagant of all the pay deals.