Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

Working on the assumption that the pre-budget figures published last week include provision for the normal pay rounds and a notional figure for benchmarking, what will be the increase in pay? In some Departments, the proposed allocation, or Estimate, for next year is either approximately the same as that for last year or, in some cases, slightly less. What is the ballpark pay provision in the Estimates?

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