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The Government will carry out a review into pay structures in the Defence Forces

Govt urges 'in-depth' look at Defence Force pay package

Representatives of Defence Force members have been urged to take an in-depth look at today's package of measures to improve take-home pay.

Ireland • 04 Jul 19

Paschal Donohoe (L) and Paul Kehoe held a news briefing this afternoon

Action plan to deliver €10m package to Defence Forces

The Government has said that a €10 million package will immediately improve the take-home pay of members of the Defence Forces.

Ireland • 04 Jul 19

Nurses belonging to the INMO and PNA are set to strike this month

Talks to take place at WRC on nurses pay dispute

Talks are due to take place at the Workplace Relations Commission tomorrow in a bid to avert planned strike action by nurses.

Health • 21 Jan 19

The INMO said the Government is seeking to portray the real cost of safe care as unattainable

INMO says Government is exaggerating cost of pay claim

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has accused the Government of exaggerating the cost of granting its 12% across-the-board pay claim.

Health • 20 Nov 18

The INMO and the Psychiatric Nurses Association will ballot members on the pay proposals

Nurses' unions reject Government pay proposals

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and the Psychiatric Nurses Association have recommended that members should reject Government pay proposals aimed at addressing staff shortages in the health service.

Ireland • 26 Sep 18

Government has estimated that restoring full pay equality for all public sector grades would cost €200 million

Post-2011 public service recruits set for €3k pay rise

Over 60,000 public servants who have been on lower pay rates since 2011 are set to receive pay increases worth on average €3,300 under proposals published by the Government today.

Ireland • 24 Sep 18

The Public Service Pay Commission examined staff shortages in the health sector

Pay 'not a key factor' in health sector staff shortages

Pay is not the key factor in staff shortages in the health sector, according to a report by the Public Service Pay Commission.

Ireland • 04 Sep 18

The public service pay bill currently stands at €16.4bn a year

Kenny says pay commission sets out 'relevant truths'

The report by the Public Pay Commission sets out some "relevant truths" about what has to be faced by Government, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said.

public sector pay • 09 May 17

The report finds that public servants should pay more for the traditional standard guaranteed public service pension schemes

PSPC: Most public servants should pay more for pensions

The Public Service Pay Commission has concluded that most public servants should contribute more to the cost of their pensions.

public sector pay • 09 May 17

Paschal Donohoe is to bring the report to Cabinet tomorrow morning

Donohoe to bring public sector pay report to Cabinet

The Public Service Pay Commission report on the pay of 300,000 government employees is to be published tomorrow after it has been considered by the Cabinet.

public sector pay • 08 May 17

Paschal Donohoe expects the negotiations to be 'incredibly challenging'

Donohoe plans public sector pay talks next month

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe has said he hopes to begin negotiations on a new pay agreement with trade union groups before the end of May.

Politics • 28 Apr 17

Workplace Relations Commission believed to be on stand-by to commence facilitation of pay talks from mid-May

Commission report on Govt employee pay expected soon

The Public Service Pay Commission is expected to complete its report on the remuneration of Government employees within days, and possibly as early as tomorrow.

Ireland • 27 Apr 17

Paschal Donohoe said today he will outline his position on public pay after the Public Service Pay Commission reports

Minister says public pay strategy has to be affordable

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has said that the Government strategy on public sector pay increases would have to be affordable to the State, and fair to everyone working in the public service, as well as to those who depend on them.

News • 24 Apr 17

Paschal Donohoe said the matter is being addressed by the Public Service Pay Commission

Donohoe warns of costs of pay equality

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe has warned that the cost of reversing a pay cut for new entrants to the public service would be "very, very significant".

News • 02 Mar 17

Kevin Duffy said threatened action by GRA and AGSI was illegal by any standard

PSPC chairman retracts garda 'mutiny' remark

The Chair of the Public Service Pay Commission Kevin Duffy has retracted his comments describing the threatened garda strike as a "mutiny".

News • 25 Nov 16

More than 12,000 gardaí are set to take industrial action next month

Efforts stepped up in bid to prevent garda strikes

Tánaiste and Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald has indicated the Public Service Pay Commission could be set up quickly to try to prevent gardaí withdrawing their services next month.

News • 23 Oct 16

AGSI President Antoinette Cunningham said the commission will 'absolutely not' avert next month's planned strikes

Pay commission will not avert garda strikes - AGSI

A new public service pay commission to examine the future pay of public servants has been dismissed as a talking shop by one of the associations representing gardaí who are planning industrial action next month.

News • 18 Oct 16

'Rebuilding Ireland' aims to accelerate all types of housing supply

€5.5bn for social housing in Govt action plan

The Government has published its housing and homelessness plan entitled 'Rebuilding Ireland', which aims to provide 47,000 new social houses over the next six years.

News • 20 Jul 16

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