Public sector workers 'behaved like heroes' and deserve 'honest' pay deal - opposition TDs

Labour leader Alan Kelly called on the Government to be very careful as to how its treats the 300,000 state employees. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

The Government must remember public sector workers have “behaved like heroes” and ensure any new pay deal is honest, Labour leader Alan Kelly has said.

Responding to comments in yesterday’s Irish Examiner that pay freezes or a delayed schedule of pay increases could form part of the next deal, Mr Kelly called on the Government to be very careful as to how its treats the 300,000 state employees.