Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the report on the Public Service Pay Commission will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36379/18]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The Public Service Pay Commission published its second report on Tuesday the 4th of September.

The Public Service Pay Commission was tasked under the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020 to conduct a comprehensive examination of underlying difficulties in recruitment and retention of staff in the public service. The Commission adopted a modular approach to its work and the report published reflects a comprehensive examination of recruitment and retention issues in relation to the grades of Medical Consultants, Non Consultant Hospital Doctors and Nurses and Midwives in the health service. Further considerations and work by the Commission on recruitment and retention issues will address other grades and sectors of the public service.

I welcomed the report. There are many viewpoints on the issues confronting our health services.  That is why the independent evidence-based analysis of recruitment and retention provided by the Commission in this Report is so important.

I understand there is a commitment between public service employers and staff representatives to meet within four weeks of to discuss issues around implementation of the Report. It is important that this agreed process is adhered to and that space is afforded to the parties to reflect on the detail in this Report and engage in that process.

The Commission will be making all of its submissions and inputs and the Report publicly available on its website, www.paycommission.gov.ie.