The Labour Party is due to introduce a private members' motion in the Dáil tonight calling on the Government to suspend its plan to impose a pension levy on public servants.

Teachers' trade unions are calling on all of their members to take part in next Saturday's national day of protest against the proposed pension levy on public servants.

The main teaching unions are meeting today in an effort to agree a co-ordinated response to the controversial pension levy being imposed on all public servants.

The Defence Forces union, PDFORRA, has said it wants to see the social partnership process resurrected.

Trade union umbrella group Congress will hold a special meeting of its executive council today to devise a united union response to the crisis sparked by the Government’s pension levy.

The Dáil is due to continue debating the Government's latest plan to cut public spending when it convenes at Leinster House this morning.

The Dáil is due to debate the Government's latest package of public spending cutbacks later today.

The Taoiseach is to make a 10-minute statement in the Dáil this afternoon following the collapse of talks aimed at agreeing an economic recovery plan.

Labour Party leader Eamon Gilmore says the collapse of talks on an economic recovery plan raises further questions about the Taoiseach's leadership.

The social partners are due to continue talks today in the hope of finalising agreement on an economic recovery plan.

The first session of full-scale talks on where to make cuts to public expenditure is getting underway in Government buildings.