IDA members employed in the HSE and the Cork and Dublin dental schools have voted to accept the new public service pay agreement.

The Association had recommended acceptance of the agreement.

94.4% voted to accept the agreement with 5.6% voting not to accept it. The turnout was 47.8%.

IDA Chief Executive Fintan Hourihan, who attended lengthy talks on the Agreement at the Workplace Relations Commission, welcomed the result of the online ballot and thanked all members who had participated in the voting process.

“The Association has written to the HSE and to the Cork and Dublin dental schools to inform them of our acceptance of the Agreement and to ensure early payment of the new higher pay rates, with appropriate retrospection,” he added.

Pay proposals

The pay proposals provide for increases of 4.25% in 2024, 3% plus a 1% local bargaining increase in 2025 and 2% for the six months of 2026.

The increases will be paid on a phased basis as follows:

2024

Increase of 2.25% or €1,125, whichever is greater, from 1st January 2024

Increase of 1% on 1st June 2024

Increase of 1% or €500, whichever is greater, on 1st October 2024

2025

Increase of 2% or €1,000, whichever is greater, on 1st March 2025

Increase of 1% on 1st August 2025

First phase of local bargaining, equivalent to 1% of payroll cost, on 1st September 2025

2026

Increase of 1% or €500, whichever is greater, on 1st February 2026

Increase of 1% on 1st June 2026