Negotiations on a new public sector workers' pay deal have concluded at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), but details of a potential agreement have not been announced.
It is believed the proposal includes a pay increase for public workers of 6.5% over two years, with additional increases for lower paid workers.
The WRC is due to issue a proposal document to all sides on Tuesday morning after talks continued throughout the night to agree improved pay for workers amid the continued cost of living crisis.
"This has been very difficult and neither side has got exactly what they wanted from it," said Kevin Callinan, president of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions.
"Terms have been concluded and the Workplace Relations Commission has placed a moratorium on their efforts to broker a deal.
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"Out of respect to the people we represent, our affiliate unions, we are not going to say anything about the terms until after we meet them at 10am this morning after which a statement will issue," he said.
"It's always good when you conclude a process like this and this has been a particularly difficult one, it's six months since we called for a review of the pay agreement.
"It will be a matter now for the Public Services Committee of ICTU and the individual unions to evaluate the terms and decide whether or not they should be put to ballots of individual unions and then we will decide at 10am how we take this forward," Mr Callinan added.
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath thanked officials from his department, unions, staff associations and the WRC for their work during negotiations.
"All parties have made a sincere and sustained commitment to reach agreement in very difficult circumstances. I will comment further shortly once we have the final proposal document from the WRC," Mr McGrath said.
Antoinette Cunningham, general secretary of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI), confirmed that once the proposal document had been issued, the AGSI national executive would be convened to discuss the details.
"It's been a long and difficult night here at the WRC, so we'll await a document and we'll see what it contains," she said.
"I think members will be happy to see that we have a document, the details contained within that remain to be seen but at least we have something to consider."
Talks resumed at midday on Monday and concluded shortly before 6am this morning. Unions and staff associations in June rejected a 5% pay increase over two years, saying it fell short of inflation, which is currently measured at close to 10%.
Photo: Kevin Callinan (left) and Irish National Teachers Organisation general secretary John Boyle (right) with John King. (Pic: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie)
