Draft agreed on 11 November 2026. Not final until union members vote; results are due in the week of 7 December 2026.
10.75% over 33 months: what the draft deal means for TU lecturers
An independent, plain-English guide to the draft public service pay agreement, worked out on your own grade and point. Nothing you enter is sent anywhere.
- headline rise, including 1% local bargaining
- 10.75%
- months, from July 2026 to March 2029
- 33
- separate pay rises
- 9
- new lower-pay threshold, up from €50k
- €60k
Your pay
Pick your grade and scale point, or type a salary. The rest of the page then uses your numbers.
The nine pay rises
The draft raises pay nine times between September 2026 and March 2029. Each bar shows how much more you would earn a year after each rise.
Flat sum or percentage?
Five of the rises come with a minimum payment. Whether you get the minimum or the percentage depends on your salary, and the dividing line, the lower-pay threshold, is €60,000.
Why 10.75% comes to about 11.3%
The headline adds the percentages together. Because each rise is worked out on pay that has already gone up, the rises together come to a little more. That is compounding.
Your back pay
The first rise is backdated to 1 September 2026. If the deal is accepted, the back pay owed since then arrives as a lump sum.
Pay vs prices
Compare how your pay moves with prices, using the Central Bank’s inflation forecasts or a figure of your own.
This deal vs the last one
How the draft compares with the Public Service Agreement 2024–2026 for the same salary, side by side and without a verdict.
Beyond pay
The draft covers more than pay, including local bargaining and a review clause. Each item below is marked by how much is known so far.
How we got here, what happens next
From the old agreement’s expiry in June to the ballots in December.
Plain-English glossary
The terms used on this page, in a sentence or two each.
Sources and assumptions
Where every figure comes from, and the assumptions behind the calculations.