Garda pay increases will not cost the taxpayer more, claims Tánaiste

Proposed pay increases to gardaí will not cost the taxpayer extra and will be paid for from within existing budgets, according to the Tánaiste and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

Frances Fitzgerald (pictured) and Paschal Donohoe have issued a statement welcoming the fact that the Gardaí called off their strike, and said the Labour Court's pay offer was made within the framework of the Lansdowne Road agreement.