Department of Justice to pay €25m for Garda deal

Half of the money needed to pay for a €50m Garda pay deal is to come from the Department of Justice, with the other half coming from other areas.

Gardaí recently accepted a Labour Court Recommendation which will see them earn an extra €3,000 from January 1.

When the deal was first announced last month, Public Expenditure and Reform Minister Paschal Donohoe refused to rule out cuts to frontline services and a freezing of USC rates to fund the pay increases.