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

This is the third pay-related issue in which I have been involved. I worked to progress the previous two issues. We got the gratuity issue sorted, which was going on for a very long time. It came to my table, I progressed it and now it is done. We also had the pay claim issue and we worked through that as quickly as we could. The 5% increase has been done now, with the first part given earlier this year and the second half in November. Now this third issue is on my table. The best reassurance I can give the Deputy is that while the issue may be long-standing, it is live and active on my desk. Realistically, it will take a couple of months to address it. As I said earlier, I meet with officials on a weekly basis to discuss the RSS, Tús and CE. We will be doing so again next week. There is interest from my point of view in making sure things progress.

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