Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the unions that signed up to the various agreements, including Lansdowne Road, will not be penalised as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11015/17]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The Lansdowne Road Agreement (LRA), provides a negotiated pathway for public service pay increases through a phased partial unwinding of the FEMPI measures over three years at a full year cost of  €844m in 2018 and represents a considerable investment in public service remuneration. Those unions/associations who hold representation rights for public service grades who subscribe to collective agreements such as the Lansdowne Road Agreement attract the benefits of such agreements.  Accordingly, no union that has signed up for the Lansdowne Road Agreement will be penalised as a result.