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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The Taoiseach said it was not best practice and was inappropriate to share a document of this kind in that way with the NAGP.
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.
Unions have voted in favour of industrial action if pay inequality is not addressed.
The Minister for Finance published a bill ratifying a new public workers’ pay deal which was drafted earlier this year.
Doctors are struggling with a jump in consultations and lack of resources.
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”.
Protest outside Leinster House as teachers are “very unhappy”.
Teachers and gardaí, who are not due to get pay restoration, have slammed the deal.
The section that is being deleted allowed public service employers to take steps that would impact on non-core pay and working hours.
Impact said that the move is welcome, and agreed that it should be a gradual process.
The National Association of General Practitioners is hoping that Leo Varadkar will step in to reverse cuts which affect them.
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.
Meanwhile, Public Expenditure and Reform Minister Brendan Howlin has pledged to repeal the law on emergency public sector pay cuts.
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.
The union represents workers in the Civil Service, An Post, FÁS and other organisations.
Public servants earning over €65,000 a year will have pay cuts from July 1 after this evening’s Dáil vote.
Opposition TDs also demanded to know why almost three-quarters of their proposed amendments were ruled out of order.
Catherine Murphy got her marching orders this morning and later questioned whether what is happening in the Dáil is constitutional.