They've got pretty much everything wrong over the last number of years. This is no different. Many of the measures will be counter productive. I'm starting to think that they just don't realise that they have caused this, are making things worse, and that people only want them to go.
As a solidarity measure how did they not start with a cut in Ministerial/TD salaries, move to vouched expenses, car pooling, no top-up payments for committees, reduction in number of TDs and no Ministerial/TD pensions until 66/67/68.