Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The overall amount that we have factored in for additional public pay next year is €400 million. Do we have a figure factored in for dealing with new entrant pay? We do not have an additional figure beyond that €400 million. That is entirely consistent with the wage agreement that we published in which we said we would put a process in place, which we are doing. Indeed, we have done that. The meetings with the unions on that matter began in October. I published a paper that outlined the various costs a number of weeks ago, and on the basis of that pay plan and the scoping exercise we have done on this issue, we will be meeting the various public service unions in the next couple of weeks.