# croke-park-ii - Thursday 23 May, 2013
# Public Pay
# Public Pay
The ASTI and TUI say the ‘Haddington Road’ proposals aren’t sufficiently different from Croke Park 2 to change their minds.
# Haddington Road
# Haddington Road
The country’s biggest trade union says the Haddington Road deal maintains protection against redundancy or a major redeployment.
# Out With The Old...
# Out With The Old...
‘Croke Park’ is dead, long live ‘Haddington Road’.
# croke-park-ii - Wednesday 22 May, 2013
# Croke Park 2a
# Croke Park 2a
The primary teachers’ union says the new proposals are an improvement on the rejected Croke Park 2 deal.
# Croke Park II
# Croke Park II
Meanwhile, retired members of the force are worried about the impact Croke Park II will have on them.
# croke-park-ii - Tuesday 21 May, 2013
# Croke Park II
# Croke Park II
The IMO and INTO have both published details of the sector-specific deals tabled at the Labour Relations Commission.
# Public Sector Deal
# Public Sector Deal
The minister said he was glad the structure was there for a new deal but was “not taking anything for granted in relation to the ballot”.
# 9 At 9
# 9 At 9
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# croke-park-ii - Monday 20 May, 2013
# Croke Park II
# Croke Park II
The Junior Finance Minister Brian Hayes said that the original target of €300 million savings for the year might not be achieved.
# 9 At 9
# 9 At 9
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# croke-park-ii - Friday 17 May, 2013
# INTO
# INTO
The INTO also agreed to accept an invitation to go back to the talks table with the Labour Relations Commission.
# croke-park-ii - Monday 13 May, 2013
# Croke Park 2
# Croke Park 2
UNITE says trying to cut the public pay bill will shrink the economy – so the proposed savings should be invested instead.
# Croke Park II
# Croke Park II
As he prepares for Kieran Mulvey to sound the death knell on pay talks, Brendan Howlin says national solvency is good for everyone.
# croke-park-ii - Sunday 12 May, 2013
# Croke Park 2a
# Croke Park 2a
Jack O’Connor says he is becoming optimistic that there could yet be progress on a replacement to the Croke Park 2 deal.
# croke-park-ii - Friday 10 May, 2013
# Croke Park 2
# Croke Park 2
The public expenditure minister tells TheJournal.ie that some unions would need a dramatic U-turn – and that the next option is negotiating with unions on an individual basis.
# croke-park-ii - Wednesday 8 May, 2013
# Public Sector
# Public Sector
The government is seeking to cut public sector pay by €300 million this year and hopes for a negotiated settlement with trade unions by next week.
# croke-park-ii - Friday 26 April, 2013
# Fianna Fáil
# Fianna Fáil
The Fianna Fáil leader was speaking as the party’s Ard Fheis got under way at the RDS in Dublin this evening.
# Croke Park II
# Croke Park II
The Civil Public and Services Union’s annual conference will discuss how to act now that Croke Park 2 has been rejected.
# croke-park-ii - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
# Need To Know
# Need To Know
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# croke-park-ii - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
# Need To Know
# Need To Know
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# Fodder Crisis
# Fodder Crisis
Taoiseach Enda Kenny admitted that some farmers were experiencing difficulties with fodder shortages because of the recent bad weather but ruled out setting up a special task force on the issue.
# Public Sector
# Public Sector
The Cabinet decided this morning to ask the head of the Labour Relations Commission to seek out unions and determine whether or not there is a basis for further negotiations.
# Bailout II
# Bailout II
The stockbroking firm says a precautionary aid programme will encourage investors to lend to us without EU-IMF support.
# Troika
# Troika
Officials from the EU, IMF and ECB arrive in Dublin today to conduct their tenth review of Ireland’s bailout programme.
# Ruairí Quinn
# Ruairí Quinn
Ruairí Quinn said it is “far too early” to say if legislation will be brought to legislate for pay cuts following the rejection of Croke Park II .
# croke-park-ii - Sunday 21 April, 2013
# Need To Know
# Need To Know
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# Fianna Fáil
# Fianna Fáil
Speaking at his party’s 1916 commemoration, the Fianna Fáil leader said that the failure of the Croke Park Agreement was a “crisis of the government’s own making”.
# croke-park-ii - Friday 19 April, 2013
# Industrial Action
# Industrial Action
The Irish Fire and Emergency Services Association has warned that it will ballot for industrial action if government attempts to introduce legislation following the rejection of Croke Park II .
# Teachers
# Teachers
The executives of the ASTI, the TUI and the INTO have decided to begin balloting members next month.
# croke-park-ii - Thursday 18 April, 2013
# Industrial Action
# Industrial Action
The Psychiatric Nurses Association has called on other public sector unions to threaten a ballot on industrial action if the government legislates to cut pay.
# Leaders' Questions
# Leaders' Questions
The Tánaiste calls for ‘calm, reasoned reflection’ after the Croke Park 2 pay proposals were struck down by public workers.
# croke-park-ii - Wednesday 17 April, 2013
# Croke Park 2
# Croke Park 2
The Justice Minister also said that recruitment would now have to be delayed because there must be funds to pay for them.
# Leaders' Questions
# Leaders' Questions
Enda Kenny says the outcome of the Croke Park 2 vote doesn’t change the Government’s need to cut public payroll costs.
# Croke Park II
# Croke Park II
ICTU will meet today to formally reject the proposals, as a Labour backbencher says a ‘tweaked’ deal could be the way forward.
# 9 At 9
# 9 At 9
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# croke-park-ii - Tuesday 16 April, 2013
# Croke Park II
# Croke Park II
The Minister for Public Expenditure insisted that Croke Park II had been a “fair deal” and that the Troika would now be asking him “if Ireland is still on track”.
# Take 5
# Take 5
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# 9 At 9
# 9 At 9
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# croke-park-ii - Monday 15 April, 2013
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# croke-park-ii - Friday 12 April, 2013
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