Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 31 January 2024
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised)
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
The up-to-date status of that is that a further conciliation conference took place on this matter in November at the Workplace Relations Commission. This followed from the one that took place last May. The representatives of the Government at that point indicated that the matter could only be dealt with in the context of a new public service pay agreement, which we now have. That offers the opportunity to move issues like this forward but I cannot give a specific commitment on that particular matter because only a certain amount of money is available for the resolution of sectoral issues. The issue was then referred to the Labour Court. The case was heard in the Labour Court on 23 January, so last week. We are now awaiting a Labour Court recommendation. Management has committed to return to the Labour Court if the matter was not resolved in the pay talks. In summary, the matter was in front of the Labour Court. If the issue cannot be resolved through the new pay agreement, which we concluded on Friday, the matter will then be back in front of the Labour Court.
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