No clarity on financing of €120m public pay hikes

Government has come under sustained pressure to explain the €120m black hole which will have to be filled to deliver public sector wage increases.

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe is to bring forward a €1,000 pay rise for workers signed up to the Lansdowne Road agreement who earn up to €65,000.

But a funding black hole appeared to emerge last night as Mr Donohoe could not pinpoint exactly where the money would come from.