Sir, – It is very difficult to see how the Government will be able to come to an agreement with the unions without making a sensible compromise with them.
I suggest that as all members of the Dáil, including ministers, are the highest paid in Europe with the exception of those in the German parliament, that an offer is made that in return for the unions accepting the necessary reductions in their salaries, etc, the Government will make similar cuts to theirs. I know some reductions have already been made, but their rates of pay are still far too high. – Yours etc,
IVAN HAMMOND,
The Georgian Village,
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Castleknock,
Dublin 15.