asked the Minister for Finance if he will state the annual cost of the recent increase in pay for civil servants.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cost of Civil Servants' Increased Pay.
asked the Minister for Finance if he will state the total annual cost to the Exchequer of the recent increase in the remuneration of civil servants.
I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to take Questions Nos. 26 and 27 together.
The additional cost of the recent increases in pay effected under the scheme of conciliation and arbitration for civil servants is estimated at about £650,000 a year.