“Somewhere in the Ministry of Magic or Death Star One, or wherever they Make The Decisions, someone is having a great laugh at our expense. According to the terms of the Croke Park Agreement, lecturers are required to meet with their students and that meeting slot must be a timetabled hour …” (more)
[Michael Seery, Is this going to be on the exam?, 21 February]
“The Croke Park dance involving the government, public sector management and public sector unions continues apace. It’s a dance on so many levels. The unions are playing a very cute game. All the dancers are …” (more)
[The Cedar Lounge Revolution, 21 February]
“One of the ministers charged with overseeing the reform of the public service has warned of a ‘nuclear winter’ of industrial action if the Croke Park deal is abandoned …” (more)
[Stephen Rogers, Irish Examiner, 18 February]
“The chief civil servant in Brendan Howlin’s Public Expenditure and Reform department is under fire for trying to stall a probe on the Croke Park deal …” (more)
[Anne-Marie Walsh, Independent, 18 February]
“Any cut to teacher allowances would be a breach of the Croke Park agreement and would result in the end of reforms under the deal, a union has warned …” (more)
[Niall Murray, Irish Examiner, 13 February]
“At its meeting on Friday 10th February 2012 the Executive Committee of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland considered the possible serious implications of the review of allowances being undertaken by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform …” (more)
[Teachers’ Union of Ireland, 11 February]
“The Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) has decided to ballot members on withdrawal from the Croke Park agreement. This follows confirmation by the Government to public service unions that allowances to all existing public servants are to be reduced …” (more)
[Irish Times, 11 February]
“Minister of State at the Department of Finance (Deputy Brian Hayes): I thank the House for the opportunity to speak on this important matter. I am aware that a number of Senators have been seeking a debate of this nature for some time …” (more)
[Seanad Éireann, 9 February]
“The Teachers Union of Ireland is to ballot its members on withdrawing from the Croke Park Agreement. The TUI said that it made the decision following confirmation by government that allowances payable to all existing public servants are to be reduced …” (more)
[RTÉ News, 11 February]
“Croke Park deal cuts deep: The full cost of the Croke Park deal is being felt across the education sector. The pay of young teachers is being cut, small rural schools are threatened with closure and disadvantaged schools are braced for more cuts …” (more)
[Irish Times, 7 February]
“The Taoiseach has issued a stark warning to public servants that the protection of wages under the Croke Park Agreement may be revisited if work practices are not changed …” (more)
[Mary Regan, Irish Examiner, 6 February]
“The Taoiseach has said if the Croke Park Agreement does not yield results the government will have decisions to make on the public service’s future …” (more)
[RTÉ News, 5 February]
“A Fine Gael TD has said the Croke Park Agreement is still affordable, despite the Central Bank significantly cutting its growth forecasts for this year …” (more)
[BreakingNews.ie, 5 February]
“The minister has come under significant pressure, from within the Coalition and beyond, to end the Croke Park deal, which guarantees there will be no pay cuts or compulsory redundancies until 2014 …” (more)
[Independent, 5 February]
“The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said the thousands of staff leaving the public service will test the Croke Park Agreement …” (more)
[BreakingNews.ie, 1 February]
“Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he decides to impose further pay cuts on public servants, if a poverty impact assessment will take place in advance …” (more)
[Dáil Éireann, 24 January]
“Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is considering the freezing of civil and public sector pay increments in his preparation for budget 2013 …” (more)
[Dáil Éireann Written Answers, 24 January]
“Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that the Croke Park Agreement is achieving the necessary reform and savings; if he will outline the savings required under the agreement for 2011 and 2012; if there are any circumstances under which he envisages a reopening of the Croke Park Agreement if there is a deepening of the Eurozone crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter …” (more)
[Dáil Éireann Priority Questions, 24 January]
“University lecturers are refusing to co-operate with the Croke Park agreement in a dispute over what they claim are compulsory redundancies at Trinity College Dublin …” (more)
[Seán Flynn, Irish Times, 23 January]
“The National Executive of the Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) has voted to instruct all its branches to defer negotiations on implementation of productivity concessions under the Croke Park Agreement, pending resolution of a serious dispute in Trinity College Dublin …” (more)
[Irish Federation of University Teachers, 22 January]
