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2022
High-earning public servants to have pay restored, as Varadkar admits timing 'isn't the best'
The public servants due to have their pay restored include medical consultants, members of the judiciary and some CEOs.
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Taoiseach says he has confidence in Leo Varadkar, says no laws were broken
The Taoiseach said it was not best practice and was inappropriate to share a document of this kind in that way with the NAGP.
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Nov 2nd 2020, 1:44 PM
The new head of the GP union is younger than Simon Harris - and has a big battle on his hands
Ireland’s newest doctors are fleeing the country – but the latest head of Ireland’s GP union, the NAGP, Maitiú Ó Tuathail is only 29.
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May 11th 2018, 6:10 AM
Richard Bruton heckled at conference as teachers threaten to strike over pay issues
Unions have voted in favour of industrial action if pay inequality is not addressed.
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Apr 3rd 2018, 10:52 PM
Government approves new public servants' pay deal - but unions aren't on board
The Minister for Finance published a bill ratifying a new public workers’ pay deal which was drafted earlier this year.
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Nov 8th 2017, 8:10 AM
'In a utopian society there would be free GP care. In reality, we can't do that'
Doctors are struggling with a jump in consultations and lack of resources.
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May 19th 2017, 6:30 AM
Civil servants' union wants a €1.4 billion pay restoration
Geraghty said that he didn’t want the issue to be a public sector versus private sector divide, but said that their demands were “reasonable”.
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Apr 20th 2017, 7:47 AM
Secondary school teachers protest outside the Dail in dispute over pay
Protest outside Leinster House as teachers are “very unhappy”.
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Jul 1st 2016, 8:50 PM
Teachers and gardaí face pay freezes as Lansdowne Road agreement comes into effect
Teachers and gardaí, who are not due to get pay restoration, have slammed the deal.
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Jul 1st 2016, 8:21 AM
The law allowing the government to cut public sector pay is being scrapped
The section that is being deleted allowed public service employers to take steps that would impact on non-core pay and working hours.
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Oct 29th 2014, 6:20 PM
Union welcomes Howlin's plans to slowly reverse public sector pay cuts
Impact said that the move is welcome, and agreed that it should be a gradual process.
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Aug 9th 2014, 8:44 PM
Up to 3,000 doctors set to leave Ireland
The National Association of General Practitioners is hoping that Leo Varadkar will step in to reverse cuts which affect them.
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Aug 1st 2014, 3:26 PM
TUI chief: Woe betide the Government if it reneges on Haddington promises
John MacGabhainn’s also calling for the TUI and the ASTI to merge, in order to deal in a more unified way with threats and challenges in the sector.
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Apr 22nd 2014, 12:40 PM
Joan Burton admits Labour's failures on living standards
Meanwhile, Public Expenditure and Reform Minister Brendan Howlin has pledged to repeal the law on emergency public sector pay cuts.
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Nov 30th 2013, 12:54 PM
Unions to mount "intensive political campaign" against emergency financial law
One union leader says he’ll be seeking a meeting with the Taoiseach to talk about repealing the FEMPI measures, which affect workers who rejected Haddington Road.
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Oct 7th 2013, 1:08 PM
Another public sector union has voted in favour of Haddington Road
The union represents workers in the Civil Service, An Post, FÁS and other organisations.
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Jul 12th 2013, 9:17 PM
Dáil vote means top earners set to take pay cut from July
Public servants earning over €65,000 a year will have pay cuts from July 1 after this evening’s Dáil vote.
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May 29th 2013, 10:29 PM
Dáil suspended - twice - as opposition criticises time to debate pay cuts
Opposition TDs also demanded to know why almost three-quarters of their proposed amendments were ruled out of order.
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May 29th 2013, 6:13 PM
TD slams 'blatant abuses of power' after being suspended from the Dáil
Catherine Murphy got her marching orders this morning and later questioned whether what is happening in the Dáil is constitutional.
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May 29th 2013, 12:12 PM