Two unions to decide fate of Croke Park pay deal

THE Government will know by the end of today whether the deal on public service pay and reform which it hammered out with trade unions in Croke Park is to stand or fall.

The country’s two largest public service unions, IMPACT and SIPTU, will publish the results of their ballots on the deal over the next few hours.

The Croke Park terms guarantee no pay cuts before 2014 in exchange for significant head-count reductions. They also indicate, but do not guarantee, that pay cuts in the December budget will start to be reversed in exchange for viable proof of savings from the transformation agenda.