Chambers call on IBEC to raise local government funding at pay talks

THE Chambers of Commerce of Ireland (CCI) yesterday called on employers' group IBEC to raise the issue of local government funding at pay talks.

CCI said IBEC should turn words into action by raising the issue of local government funding on behalf of business during the upcoming second round of the Sustaining Progress pay negotiations.

CCI made the call following IBEC's statement in which it criticised the business community's rising share of the cost of funding local government.