A Junior Minister's calling for 'common sense' when it comes to negotiating a new public sector pay deal.
Unions want the government to sit down with them early in the new year and hammer out a successor to the Lansdowne Road agreement.
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Minister of State Finian McGrath rejected the suggestion that Gardai got a 'side deal' in their industrial dispute in recent weeks.
And he's insisting all his colleagues are on the same page when it comes to the overall issue: