Tom Shehan (Fine Gael)

Some ground has been made up. The Minister of State asked for an alternative idea and I referred to a 5% pay cut on salaries over €65,000. Through better procurement, the Minister of State has had made savings but there is more fat and room for more savings. I suggest that officials from the Department of Finance could go into the credit unions as special managers and carry out the work being carried out by private firms at €423 an hour. It could be done by officials from the Department rather than private companies that are part of the big consortiums. I would like to see progress made on this.