Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Were their proposals to be implemented, how much would it cost per month in 2017? A catalyst for much of this was the recommendation of the Labour Court in the dispute involving An Garda Síochána. The Minister and the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, have indicated that it will cost some €50 million to implement. Has the Government outlined from where that money will come? Will it come from within existing Estimates, or does the Minister anticipate a Supplementary Estimate, either from the Department of Justice and Equality, his own Department or some other part of government, bearing in mind that if the Labour Court recommendation on Garda pay has been accepted, the money will have to be paid from January, in six weeks time? We need to make some sense of this now.

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