Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Section 3.1.2 of the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020 states:

The Commission will advise the relevant Parties on the outcome of its assessment, which will then be the subject of discussion between the relevant parties. It is accepted by the Parties that the output from this exercise will not give rise to any cross-sectoral relativity claims.

That sums up the opening that we believe is available. I expect the Minister to take it, run with it and allow discussions to commence.

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