Ireland - Up to 23% pay rise for ambulance workers - June 30, 2026

The two unions representing paramedics and other staff in the National Ambulance Service are to recommend proposals made by the Labour Court, which has said it would deliver pay increases of up to 23%. Those largest percentage increases would go to paramedics with at least 10 years’ service who would see their basic pay jump from € 47,908 to € 59,157. The scale of wider increases being proposed vary considerably, starting at 5% for entry-level specialist paramedics, but a majority of the 1,800 staff who took industrial action would stand to receive significant increases to their basic pay. The unions, SIPTU and Unite, say the money now on the table addresses claims for historic changes in work practices which have involved staff taking on substantially more responsibility and holding higher qualifications.

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