Latest: Government urged to begin public-sector pay talks ‘immediately’

Latest: The calls come after a new government report says it will cost €200million to address pay inequality for new entrants to the public sector.

Update 8.47pm: The Government is being urged to get on with restoring pay equality for new public servants.

A report from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform today says it will cost €200million to close the gap between the 60,000 people who entered the public service since 2011 and their longer-serving colleagues.