Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I want to make a few points and I do not want to become involved too much in the cross-aisle banter taking place. References have been made to increases in Deputies' salaries, which is not part of this budget, but some people seem to be forgetting that they are already arranging their internal party arrangements to relax the average industrial wage rule and grant themselves increases privately. Some people in the House should remember that.