John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister has stated the FEMPI legislation has been a success. Certainly, it has not been successful for the vast majority of low

and middle income public servants. That is the crux of my point. The simple fact is that the Government has no plans whatsoever to address the issues beyond the diverse sectoral agreements with certain unions already within the Lansdowne Road agreement. There are certainly no commitments from it to allow for pay equality across the public sector. Given the rise in the level of industrial action to date which we see across the State, it is not tenable to commence the process only in two years, in September 2018, at the expiry of the Lansdowne Road agreement.

Separate from this is the issue of pay restoration. The core of my question is about equality. This has been put to the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and now the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. Will he commit to equal pay for equal work for post-2011 entrants?

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