Public Service Stability Agreement 2018 – 2020

The Public Service Stability Agreement (PSSA) runs from 2018 to 2020 and has a cost of €877 million. The benefits to different income groups range from 7.4% to 6.2% over three years, and up to 10% for new entrant members of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme. At the end of the agreement, the FEMPI Act pay reductions will be reversed for all public servants earning up to €70,000, which equates to almost 90% of public servants.

The principal pay measures in the agreement are:

• 1 January 2018 annualised salaries were increased by 1%
• 1 October 2018 annualised salaries were increased by 1%
• 1 January 2019 annualised salaries up to €30,000 were increased by 1%
• 1 September 2019 annualised salaries increase by 1.75%
• 1 January 2020 annualised salaries up to €32,000 increase by 0.5%
• 1 October 2020 annualised salaries increase by 2%

Find more information on the Public Service Pay main page.