Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I am loathe to get into figures, numbers and the details of negotiations. It would not be helpful to anyone. We are talking. We recognise there is an issue. The Minister, Deputy Humphreys, and I have proven in the past couple of years that CE, Tús and RSS supervisors have legitimate arguments to make on pay rates and the gratuity issue, which has been resolved. I do not want to be seen to be stonewalling. I have tried to keep an open door in relation to issues around pay parity, as have my officials. I cannot go into too much detail on what is going on but talks are ongoing. We have proven ourselves amenable to other processes in the past two years. We will continue in good faith in the discussions.

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