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Following a meeting of the Lansdowne Road Agreement (LRA) Oversight Committee this afternoon (Thursday), Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe TD, and Minister for Health, Simon Harris TD, said the Government remains committed to a collective approach to industrial peace and the setting of public pay and expects continued adherence to the LRA by all signatories to the Agreement.

The Government, working with Irish Congress of Trade Unions, remains firmly committed to the two-phased approach to public pay policy, which was set out in January, and to the continued implementation of the LRA.

Matters in respect of pay are a matter for the Public Service Pay Commission, the report from which is expected in Q2 this year.

The LRA Oversight Group met today and will continue to engage on the issues in the coming days.