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Industrial activity suspended by fire workers.

Gníomhaíocht thionsclaíoch curtha ar fionraí ag oibrithe dóiteáin.

Part-time firefighters have announced they have suspended industrial action from midday today in light of discussions at the Workplace Relations Commission yesterday.

Tá sé fógartha ag comhraiceoirí dóiteáin páirtaimseartha go bhfuil an ghníomhaíocht thionsclaíoch atá ar bun acu curtha ar fionraí acu ón meán lae inniu i bhfianaise ar tháinig amach as comhráite sa Choimisiún um Chaidreamh san Áit Oibre inné.

Dissatisfaction of firefighters with their pay and working conditions is at the heart of the dispute.

Míshásamh na gcomhraiceoirí dóiteáin lena gcuid pá agus a gcoinníollacha oibre is siocair leis an aighneas.

In a video message sent to the workers last night, Karan O'Loughlin from the SIPTU union indicated that some progress had been made regarding pay matters in the talks - albeit slowly and carefully, as she said.

I dteachtaireacht físeáin a seoladh chuig na hoibrithe aréir, thug Karan O'Loughlin ón gceardchumann SIPTU le fios go ndearnadh dul chun cinn áirithe maidir le cúrsaí pá sna comhráite – bíodh is gur go mall agus go léanmhar a rinneadh sin, mar a dúirt sí.

She suggested suspending industrial action so that the next step could be taken and the issue addressed in conversations to be held about pay in the public service as a whole.

Mhol sí an ghníomhaíocht thionsclaíoch a chur ar fionraí ionas go bhféadfaí an chéad chéim eile a ghlacadh agus aghaidh a thabhairt ar an gceist i gcomhráite atá le reáchtáil faoi phá sa tseirbhís phoiblí trí chéile.

Part-time firefighters are on call from the beginning of the year and are paid a booking fee on top of a regular salary.

Tá comhraiceoirí dóiteáin páirtaimseartha ar glao-dhualgas ó cheann ceann na bliana agus is táille áirithíochta thar ghnáth-thuarastal a íoctar leo.

There are about 2,000 of them and they have been picketing regularly for ten weeks at 200 fire stations throughout the country in an attempt to resolve the dispute between them and the Department of Local Government.

Tá thart ar 2,000 acu ann agus tá picéid curtha go tráthrialta le deich seachtaine acu ar 200 stáisiún dóiteáin ar fud na tíre de cheal réitigh ar an aighneas idir iad agus an Roinn Rialtais Áitiúil.

They voted overwhelmingly last month against Labor Court settlement proposals that would have increased the annual booking fee by between 24% and 32.7%.

Vótáil siad le móramh mór an mhí seo caite in aghaidh mholtaí réitigh na Cúirte Oibreachais faoina n-ardófaí an táille áirithíochta bhliantúil idir 24 faoin gcéad and 32.7 faoin gcéad .

Although it would be a significant percentage increase, the workers pointed out that it was not enough since they are paid a very low fee in the first place.

Cé gur ardú suntasach céatadánach a bheadh ann, thug na hoibrithe le fios nár leor é ós táille an-íseal a íoctar leo ar an gcéad dul síos.

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