Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 11 October 2012
Public Accounts Committee
Public Service Agreement 2010-14: Discussion with Implementation Body
12:30 pm
Mr. P. J. Fitzpatrick:
In the first instance it is a matter for management in each sector. That is what happened in local government. They actually brought it through the LRC and Labour Court. I think they were looking for 35 hours and got what came out of the court. As I have said, the court decision is binding and that is what the agreement provides for. That is one of the strengths of the agreement. There have been some unpalatable decisions from the court for the trade union side, for example. There certainly have been ones where there was quite significant loss of income.