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Mon 11 Nov 2009Public sector talks continue
Talks between Garda representatives and the Government over plans to trim €100 million from the pay and overtime bill of An Garda Siochana continued today.
The negotiations are part of a wider effort by the Government to cut the public sector pay bill by €1.3 billion.
Garda Representative Association (GRA) president Michael O’Boyce said this morning it was too early to say yet if a deal could be reached, but said the €100 million reduction, could be possible with a degree of flexibility and innovation.
“By Wednesday or Thursday of this week it will be clear if a deal can be done or not,” he said. “I think at this stage it would be completely premature to call it one way or the other."
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