Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Government has recently confirmed that it will be introducing FEMPI legislation for 2017 - a Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill. We all know that legislation, among other things, deals with pay and pensions for public servants. The Government has agreed that new talks will take place to extend the Lansdowne Road agreement which by definition will require amendment to the FEMPI legislation.

Will it be published and passed before people are expected to vote on the pay and pension amendments that might follow and will that be published before the summer recess in mid-July?

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