Public pay deal receives a boost

The Lansdowne Road agreement on public service pay has been given another boost after a third trade union voted to accept the contents of the deal.

Siptu said its public service members had voted 78.5% in favour of the agreement hammered out between the Government and unions last May which restores approximately €2,000 to most of the State’s employees between 2016 and 2017, while at the same time extending the terms of the Haddington Road agreement to 2018.

The wage restoration will be achieved through a combination of adjustments to the public service pension levy and a partial reversal of the 2010 public service pay cuts.