Dáil debates
Thursday, 20 June 2013
Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions
Haddington Road Agreement Savings
5:45 pm
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source
I understand the question, and I understand the Deputy’s eagerness to get the information. I am anxious to give him an accurate answer but I am not in a position to do it right now. While the pieces on the deck will certainly amount to €300 million in the current year and €1 billion between now and 2015, the exact make-up of those pieces will not be known until the ballots are over. It will be a different make-up, for example, if the education sector is subject to the FEMPI legislation or whether it is subject to the Haddington Road agreement. The actual component parts of the money to be achieved are not determined until the outcome of the ballot is known. I will be in a position to give definitive answers when we have an overall picture of how the individual component parts are to gel together.
As Deputy Fleming is aware, under the FEMPI legislation, we will achieve the savings either through the pay reductions, which will be implemented, or through measures that line managers, Ministers or those responsible employers designated under the Act, will be required to take to save the money in each sector.
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