Some 350,000 public servants are set for a pay rise under a new public service agreement.
The Government employees will receive increases of 2% over the next two years.
The new deal labelled "Building Momentum - A New Public Service Agreement 2021-2022" will succeed the current Public Service Stability Agreement which expires on 31 December - once unions ratify it.
Workers will get a general increase worth 1% of gross pay or €500 per year, depending on which is greater.
A second increase will be payable a year later on 1 October 2022.
Talks at the Workplace Relations Commission ended in the early hours of this morning.
Speaking after this morning’s meeting, the chair of the PSC, Kevin Callinan, said the proposals were the best outcome that could be achieved over the relatively short lifetime of the proposed deal.
“This agreement builds on recent momentum to improve our public services and the lives of those who depend on and deliver them. The pay terms represent a realistic and acceptable approach to incomes, and they are substantially skewed towards lower earners in a very challenging context of limited resources.
“The ICTU team has also achieved a process to address sectoral issues, and a separate mechanism that will make real and substantial progress on the issues outstanding from the Haddington Road agreement, including its introduction of longer working hours that fell most heavily on women workers."
