Fórsa general secretary and president of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Kevin Callinan, has said that the cost of living must continue to be the main focus for public service unions in pay talks this year.

Fórsa has made an offer to outline a vision of issues to go to the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) if access is granted for civil servants, and the potential impact it will have on delivery of services.

Fórsa, representing civilian teachers in the Garda Síochána training college in Templemore, has won an adjudication hearing on the issue of flexitime.

Fórsa has engaged with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on the duration of probation in the civil service, following a claim to have probationary periods reduced to six months, down from the current twelve.

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