Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 June 2013
96. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out in tabular form a breakdown for each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015 of the savings to be achieved under the Haddington Road agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28149/13]
View answer97. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out the savings to be achieved in his Department under the Haddington Road agreement for each of the years 2013, 2014 and 2015; the way this differs from the savings targeted under the Croke Park II proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28162/13]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 96 and 97 together.
Public service trade unions are currently considering the various proposals put forward under the Haddington Road Agreement and those that need to ballot will do so over the coming weeks ahead of the implementation date of 1 July. The composition of the savings arising can only be finalised when the results of the various ballots are known. However, the measures set out in the Agreement will enable the Government to achieve the targeted savings of approximately €300 million in the public service pay and pensions bill in 2013, including savings on Local Government, and it is estimated that the measures set out in the Haddington Road Agreement will reduce the public service pay and pensions bill by €1 billion by the end of the Agreement.
The Revised Estimates Volume was published on the basis of the previous Labour Relations Commission (LRC) recommendations, prior to the recent re-engagement between the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the trade unions. These recommendations were, at the time, the most appropriate means of achieving the savings required and it was important that the relevant Oireachtas Committees could begin the process of examining the Vote allocations for 2013. While the recommendations set out in Haddington Road Agreement have changed since the previous LRC recommendations, the pay allocations for individual Votes based on the implementation of these recommendations remain largely the same.
