SF leader McDonald said firefighters had been ‘pushed to the very brink’ by the Government
The Taoiseach was responding to Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald during Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil on Tuesday, who said the strike was “unprecedented” and “certainly has not been undertaken lightly”.
The Dublin Central TD said firefighters were “at their wit’s end”, on call 24/7 for 50 weeks of the year and were “underpaid, overstretched, and feel totally let down”. “Fire services should be a basic public service that communities can rely on, not an optional luxury, but years of underinvestment and failure to plan by Government have seen these services run into the ground and there is now clearly a recruitment and a retention crisis.Retained firefighters set for second day of industrial action with many stations expected to close“Staff shortages are worryingly common and unions warn that staff levels are often dangerously low.
He said significant progress had been made, with a proposal made to Siptu, which included a 20 per cent increase in staffing and elements of rebalancing of pay with structured time off and more flexible working arrangements.
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