Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Labour Court's determinations apply to the employers. In this case the employer is not the State. The way these organisations work is that they receive grant aid from the Government. They also have their own income streams. They have a decision to make as to how they should spend the money they are given. Some organisations have provided for pay restoration for staff, while others have not. Some can afford to do so and some cannot. Some receive almost all of their funding from the State, while some do not. This is not a straightforward issue, but it is one we want to resolve. We want to include some funding in the Estimates for 2019 to provide for pay restoration for staff in these organisations. However, we cannot calculate that figure until we get to the bottom of what is involved. We need all of the data from the organisations to get there and we will then need agreement with the unions to achieve it.

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