There has been a lot of talk lately about the Croke Park agreement and that paying 70% of the health budget is no longer justifiable.
Here are some of the views expressed in the Irish Times:
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Here are some of the views expressed in the Irish Times:
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CLAUSE 1.28 of the Croke Park agreement on public service pay and conditions states: “The implementation of this agreement is subject to no currently unforeseen budgetary deterioration.”
It is time for the Government to snap out of its denial and invoke clause 1.28. The country cannot afford to maintain the Croke Park agreement until 2014, and its inherent unfairness is deeply damaging to society. The agreement is fundamentally flawed on economic and moral grounds.