“The country’s largest union, SIPTU, has decided to recommend acceptance of the new public service pay and reform agreement to its members …” (more)
[RTÉ News, 23 May]
“Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the savings that would be made if there was an annual salary cap of €100,000 applied to the wages of all teaching staff, third level lecturers and all other personnel employed by his Department …” (more)
[Dáil Éireann Written Answers, 21 May]
“Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular the number of third level lecturers who receive an annual take home pay based on salary and allowances that exceeded €100,000 annually in the 2011/12 academic year …” (more)
[Dáil Éireann Written Answers, 21 May]
“The revised Croke Park II proposals do not just represent a ‘tweaking’ of the deal rejected last month. Neither are they a whole new blueprint for reducing the State’s paybill drawn up on a blank sheet of paper ….” (more)
[Martin Wall, Irish Times, 22 May]
“In February 2013, following talks between the public sector unions and the Government side, facilitated by the Labour Relations Commission, the LRC put forward proposals setting out a range of measures to bring about savings of €1 billion from the public pay and pensions bill over the years 2013, 2014 and 2015 …” (more)
[ASTI, 21 May]
“Talks have gone on throughout the night and into the morning at the Labour Relations Commission in an attempt to finalise a new public service pay agreement …” (more)
[RTÉ News, 21 May]
“Brendan Howlin must show a clear pathway as to how savings will be achieved over the next two years. When EU-IMF troika officials have talked privately about how the Government has been faring on its bailout programme, they have borrowed a phrase used by management consultant Eddie Molloy: ‘implementation deficit disorder’ …” (more)
[Harry McGee, Irish Times, 21 May]
“Talks on a revised public sector pay agreement at the Labour Relations Commission later today amid fresh doubts over the Government’s savings target …” (more)
[Martin Wall, Irish Times, 20 May]
“The indications given yesterday by Minister of State Brian Hayes that the Government may not secure €300 million in savings it was seeking this year from the public service pay and pensions bill would represent a major climbdown if it comes to pass …” (more)
[Martin Wall, Irish Times, 20 May]
“A total of 55 staff under the remit of the Department of Education and Skills earn more than the Taoiseach, it has emerged …” (more)
[TheJournal.ie, 18 May]
“Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of personnel in whole-time equivalent terms in his Department and in bodies under the aegis of his Department in each of the following earnings brackets: less than €20,000; €20,001 to €30,000; €30,001 to €40,000; …” (more)
[Dáil Éireann Written Answers, 14 May]
“An overview of what has been agreed so far during negotiations on a new public sector pay deal …” (more)
[Irish Times, 13 May]
“… Is the government about to ‘give in’ or concede significant ground? Or are the unions actually moving? Certainly some concession seems evident from the government, including the promise to grant increments at 18 month intervals to staff in the €65,000 to €100,000 bracket …” (more)
[Cliff Taylor, Business Post, 13 May]
“Hopes for agreement on the Croke Park II package of public sector pay cuts were revived yesterday as last-minute talks continued with unions. It is understood agreement has been reached in principle with garda groups …” (more)
[Caroline O’Doherty and Shaun Connolly, Irish Examiner, 13 May]
“There have been significant breakthroughs in the Government’s bid to secure reductions in its pay bill by agreement with a number of trade unions. Last night the Government revised key elements of its original proposals regarding pay cuts and freezing increments for higher earners …” (more)
[Martin Wall, Irish Times, 13 May]
“The Government fears that the Bus Eireann strike, which has already left thousands stranded, will motivate workers across the public sector to mount industrial action …” (more)
[Allison Bray and Michael Brennan, Independent, 13 May]
“Hundreds of teachers will have to wait until next month before receiving thousands of euro owed in back pay because of Department of Education problems with its payroll system …” (more)
[Niall Murray, Irish Examiner, 13 May]
“On Sunday 12 May 2013 the LRC provided the relevant public service unions including the teacher unions with a briefing on the application of the pay cut proposed for those earning between 65k and 100k …” (more)
[Teachers' Union of Ireland, 12 May]
“The Association of Higher Civil and Public Servants also warned private sector workers that once the ‘slashing’ of pay, terms and conditions had been completed in the public sector, it would be used as a model by private sector employers to ‘dumb down’ their pay and conditions …” (more)
[Marie O'Halloran, Irish Times, 11 May]
“Public Expenditure Minister Brendan Howlin has signalled it will be ‘very difficult’ to get a deal over the line with all unions on the public pay bill by Monday …” (more)
[Juno McEnroe, Irish Examiner, 11 May]
