Cabinet set to clear €180m public pay increases today

Cabinet will today sign off on public sector pay increases due to come into force from next month.

Pay restoration, which will be introduced from January 1, are part of a €180m public sector deal hammered out between government and unions earlier this year. The legislation needed to begin to unwind austerity measures is expected to pass through the Seanad later this week.

Separately, Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone will bring the report of the expert technical group on the Tuam site to the Cabinet today and will then publish the group’s findings which looked into the former mother and baby home.