Larry Butler (Fianna Fail)

The public service needs to be paid for. It is paid for by the people who make money and export our goods. All of us, including the unions, have an obligation to ensure that we continue to work to make ourselves efficient in providing jobs. Recently 500 jobs went to Bangalore. Why are the unions not sitting down with management in that regard? They could agree to extend the working week, for argument's sake, with more productivity.