Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost in 2017 of the movement forward of Lansdowne Road payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36011/17]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The Labour Court Recommendation on Garda pay issued on 3rd of November 2016 had serious implications for the continued viability of the Lansdowne Road Agreement.

After engagement with the Public Service Committee of ICTU and in acknowledgement of the anomaly that has arisen in the context of the Labour Court Recommendation concerned, the Government in its capacity as the public service employer, agreed to an increase in annualised salaries of €1,000 for the period April to August 2017 inclusive for:

- those on annualised salaries up to €65,000;

- who are parties to the Lansdowne Road Agreement; and

- who do not stand to benefit from the Labour Court recommendations (CD/16/321 & CD/16/322) issued in respect of the Garda Associations.

The additional cost arising in 2017 is €120 million. This cost is to be met from available public resources taking into account the scope for reallocation of expenditure arising from the emerging expenditure position later in the year. This position will be monitored closely in order to assess how to meet any additional funding requirements where the need arises.