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€3,000 hike for TDs as workers' pay is cut

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An outrage that cannot stand. A nuke that will blow up in FF's faces if this is not revoked. The snouts are well and truly in the trough and we shall not eat cake. Vive la Revolution.
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Economists, Solicitors, bankers have no idea about the real world of business
If you are anything to go by, neither do small business owners.
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The thing is we do,, union reps do not
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Aren't you constantly going on about how poor you are? You probably earn a small fraction of what union reps earn... Sounds like they know a bit more about business than you do!
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Union reps about hoodwinking people?? Yup I would say that spouting drivel all the time, I am so proud to be Irish when I hear union rubbish....Bring in Maggie Thatcher she brought down the unions!! I dont live off peoples contributions
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Wait darn I lost my Violin!!!! lol
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Wait darn I lost my Violin!!!! lol
Are you debating yourself???
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Aren't you constantly going on about how poor you are? You probably earn a small fraction of what union reps earn... Sounds like they know a bit more about business than you do!
Darn I found the violin again!!
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It's not that slippery a slope. Some need increments more than others, namely those on the lower levels of public service pay. There's nothing absurd or illogical in calling for an increment freeze for the higher earners while allowing increments for lower earners to go ahead.
By people suggesting increments be stopped for TDs you are opening up increments to everybody to be put on the agenda. This government are putting all these suggestions out there so that people will argue in favour of increments being stopped and in the end there will be no distinction between higher and lower paid - they will just stop all of them. I would argue that in this event it is unfair on the people who are due increments as it is they who are being singled out to pay the cost and not those who have already received it.

In the case of TDs I would say there should be no increments at all and that there should be a flat salary for all of them regardless of service. So a new salary should be set for TDs so that some will lose more than others but they will all receive the same in the end. This I think is a fairer and safer way of dealing with higher and lower paid in the public service.
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I agree with you. That is the problem. The same people are put up for election and they get elected. Nothing would make me happier than been able to vote: "None of the above"
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