Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 June 2014
74. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his view on whether any savings made in public sector pay in recent years are liable to end when the Haddington Road agreement expires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26515/14]
View answerThe Haddington Road Agreement (HRA), which came into force on 1 July 2013, included a number of measures including pay reductions for those public servants on annual salaries of €65,000 or more under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act, 2013. These measures provided for a reduction of the public service pay and pensions bill by €1 billion by 2016. It is a three year Agreement covering the period to end June 2016 and forms the basis for current public service pay policy over that period.
