“The potential for public sector pay hikes will be wiped out unless State employees agree to continue working 15 million ‘free’ hours every year. Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe is set to warn unions that the so-called ‘Croke Park Hours’ must be considered the new norm if they want a pay deal …” (more)
[Kevin Doyle, Independent, 14 May]
“The Teachers’ Union of Ireland is to seek the complete removal of extra lecturing hours imposed as part of the Croke Park Agreement. The two extra hours agreed by the unions were reduced to one in subsequent talks, but Martin Marjoram, a member of the TUI executive committee, says the reality is that the ‘flex’ hour imposes several more working hours on lecturers …” (more)
[Joe Leogue, Irish Examiner, 21 April]
“From today ASTI secondary school teachers and members of the GRA may face significant pay freezes. The penalties, which include the non-restoration of pay cuts and the non-payment of supervision fees, can be imposed under legislation known as FEMPI …” (more)
[BreakingNews.ie, 1 July]
“Sir, – Further to Declan McGrath’s entirely justified criticism (May 21st) of the ‘Croke Park hours, as they have long been called with distaste, I would like to point out arguably the most unproductive aspect of these ‘productivity measures’ – the time spent by teachers on extra-curricular activities, for no additional wages …” (more)
[Alan Eustace, Irish Times, 24 May]
“The leadership of the country’s biggest teachers’ union, the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland, has been gunning to go to war with the Government following years of cuts and reduced resources. Yesterday evening the union lobbed the first grenade in what promises to be a long, noisy and disruptive battle …” (more)
[Carl O’Brien, Irish Times, 20 May]
“Members of the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland (ASTI) have voted overwhelmingly to withdraw from working ‘Croke Park’ hours. The unions members voted 68.5% to 31.5% and say the hours are highly prescriptive and unproductive …” (more)
[Newstalk, 19 May]
“Schools may face widespread industrial action next autumn if teachers with the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) propose next month to stop working additional hours agreed under the Croke Park deal …” (more)
[Carl O’Brien, Irish Times, 14 March]
“Schools may face widespread industrial action next autumn if teachers with the biggest second-level union propose next month to stop working additional hours agreed under the Croke Park deal …” (more)
[Carl O’Brien and Martin Wall, Irish Times, 25 February]
“What do civil service mandarins and senior managers in the public sector think about the Croke Park and Haddington Road reforms? How do they rub along with their political masters? And, most importantly in terms of improving the sector’s performance, do they have the freedom and the incentives to provide the best possible service to the citizens for whom they work? …” (more)
[Dan O’Brien, Independent, 1 June]
[The IPA report to which this refers is here.]
“An overwhelming majority of students would oppose the privatisation of Trinity College, Dublin, according to a new survey conducted last week by Trinity News. Just under 81% of the 500 TCD students that were polled by this paper indicated that they would not support the privatisation agenda …” (more)
[Catherine Healy, Trinity News, 19 November]
“I know you don’t want to hear it: another teacher whining on about the losses he has had to endure from his generous pay packet, or the extra couple of hours he now has to work in his pathetically light working week …” (more)
[Shane Dunphy, Independent, 29 September]
“At its meeting on 23rd September, ASTI Standing Committee decided to issue the directives to all ASTI members in response to the Government’s decision to breach the Croke Park Agreement and impose cuts to teachers’ pay under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) Act …” (more)
[ASTI, 24 September]
“… The industrial action will begin on Wednesday, October 2nd when 17,000 ASTI members withdraw from meetings outside of normal school hours. This will include school planning and policy development meetings, staff and parent teacher meetings, and in-service training for teachers …” (more)
[ASTI, 23 September]
“The General Secretary of the ASTI has said that his union’s members have students at heart, as they prepare to plan a potential strike …” (more)
[TheJournal.ie, 22 September]
“From the ASTI Fightback Facebook page: ‘ASTI FIGHTBACK statement on the outcome of today’s ballot. ASTI FIGHTBACK salutes all teachers who have today sent a clear message to the Government/DES that teachers have taken enough …'” (more)
[The Cedar Lounge Revolution, 20 September]
“The Government is insisting that there will be no renegotiation of the Haddington Road agreement on public service pay despite the decision of the secondary teachers’ union ASTI to reject the deal and to vote for industrial action …” (more)
[Martin Wall, Irish Times, 21 September]
“The payment of €1.4 bn of increments to public sector workers over the past six years is being defended …” (more)
[BreakingNews.ie, 26 August]
“Medical laboratory scientists have become the latest group to accept the proposed new Haddington Road agreement on public service pay …” (more)
[Martin Wall, Irish Times, 28 June]
“The decision by gardaí and nurses to back the proposed Haddington Road deal means that the vast bulk of public service personnel have now agreed to be covered by its provisions …” (more)
[Martin Wall, Irish Times, 22 June]
“Primary teachers have voted almost two to one in favour of the Haddington Road pay and productivity proposals. The 63% support given to the new deal by the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) is a dramatic reversal of their 91% rejection of the earlier Croke Park II deal …” (more)
[Katherine Donnelly and Luke Byrne, Independent, 18 June]
