Shane Ross (Independent)

We are not going to, Cathaoirleach, because mine is the last speech. It is nearly 11 o'clock. It is a vast sum of money, which could be used for all sorts of other priorities which do not involve a cheap gibe from the Labour benches, or remarks of that sort. We should be able to say courageously, as Senator Brian Hayes and his party has said, that public servants are a privileged group and that they are doing very well. The cost of this will go on for many years to come and it will be at the expense of far more deserving causes.