483. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether he is aware that his Department has excluded political staff in the Houses of the Oireachtas from accessing the 3% local bargaining fund under Building Momentum, despite the 2022 agreement which linked political staff to public service pay agreements; whether he has been made aware that his Department and the Houses of the Oireachtas have been refusing to engage with a union (details supplied) in the WRC on this matter to date; whether he is aware that under the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Act 2003, the Commission must obtain his consent before reaching agreement with any political staff in relation to pay; and therefore if he would consider his Department and the Houses of the Oireachtas as the relevant bodies to engage with the union on any issues in regard to income and benefits of political staff. [34063/26]

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483. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether he is aware that his Department has excluded political staff in the Houses of the Oireachtas from accessing the 3% local bargaining fund under Building Momentum, despite the 2022 agreement which linked political staff to public service pay agreements; whether he has been made aware that his Department and the Houses of the Oireachtas have been refusing to engage with a union (details supplied) in the WRC on this matter to date; whether he is aware that under the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Act 2003, the Commission must obtain his consent before reaching agreement with any political staff in relation to pay; and therefore if he would consider his Department and the Houses of the Oireachtas as the relevant bodies to engage with the union on any issues in regard to income and benefits of political staff. [34063/26]

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