Pay increase for HSE workers starts 1st February 2026

by | Mar 3, 2026 | General News, Latest News, Press Releases, SIPTU Bulletin

Members in the HSE and section 38 employments will receive an increase in annualised basic salary of 1% or €500, whichever is greater, from 1st February 2026.   We are expecting to receive confirmation from the HSE on the actual pay dates when the increase will be...

National Ambulance Service to ballot for industrial action in salary scales dispute

by | Feb 20, 2026 | Ambulance Sector, General News, Health, Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU members in the National Ambulance Service (NAS) are balloting for industrial action in a dispute with management resulting from a failure to implement the recommendations of an independent report on updating staff salary scales in recognition of changes in their...

Donegal HSE Home Support HCAs secure overtime payments

by | Feb 19, 2026 | General News, Health, Latest News, Latest News Home

Health Care Assistants (HCAs) in the HSE Home Support Service in County Donegal have secured back payment of overtime owed to them since 2018, after a threat of industrial action led to management providing written commitments in talks with SIPTU representatives. A...

SIPTU members vote no confidence in RTÉ management plan

by | Feb 18, 2026 | General News, Latest News, Latest News Home

SIPTU members employed in RTÉ have voted overwhelmingly to reject a management plan that will result in the endless outsourcing of jobs at the national broadcaster and deal a fatal blow to public service broadcasting in Ireland, destroying its critical role in...

Joint Statement by Together for Early Years

by | Feb 12, 2026 | General News, Latest News, Latest News Home, Public Administration and Community

As provider and employee representatives across both private and community Early Years services, we would like to express our serious concerns over the proposed judicial review of the Early Years Employment Regulation Order (ERO), which establishes legally binding...

SIPTU condemns Minister over Bord na Móna sale and demands clarity on CEO repayment

by | Sep 24, 2025 | General News, Latest News, Latest News Home, Press Releases

SIPTU has condemned the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Darragh O’Brien, for seeking to sign off on the private sale of Bord na Móna Recycling without having met with the workers directly affected, despite repeated requests from the Union for...