Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017 seeks to give legislative effect to some of the provisions of the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020, which is an extension of the Lansdowne Road agreement. The Bill also provides for the unwinding of financial emergency measures on public service pay and pensions on a phased basis. The justification for the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009 was the economic crisis and financial emergency which beset the country. By the Government's own pronouncement the financial emergency has now passed. The Government is shortchanging a lot of people. I was here when FEMPI was passed and I probably voted for it.

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