Dáil debates

Tuesday, 24 April 2012

2:00 pm

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)

It is clear that the Minister does not believe allowances and premium payments fall under the definition of "pay" for the purposes of the Croke Park agreement. He will be aware that the public service unions take a different view. The teachers' unions - the TUI and the ASTI - and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation have been quite trenchant in their defence of these payments as part and parcel of what is understood as "pay" for the purposes of the Croke Park agreement. I ask the Minister to clarify his view on that matter. Can he say whether any changes or cuts that might emerge from the review will apply solely to new entrants? Does he envisage that they would also apply to workers who are currently in employment?

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