Deal uncertain as public sector pay talks continue

The outsourcing of public services, pay restoration, and how much the State’s employees should contribute to their pensions were among the crunch issues still to be resolved as the public sector pay talks continued late last night.

There also had been no resolution of the retention and recruitment demands which are so important to health unions.

What have reached initial resolution are the majority of the non-pay issues, including the Government’s plans to bring in more Saturday working.