Talks on undoing cuts to public pay will begin with trade unions next month.
The move is among the announcements in today's Spring Statement from the government.
Ministers say they'll be able to afford tax cuts and increased spending worth up to €1.5 billion in the next Budget.
Michael Noonan told the Dail there would be 'expansionary' budgets, where the government increases spending and cuts taxes, every year until 2020:
Public expenditure minister Brendan Howlin says the government is open to talks with other groups on their demands - but not every request can be dealt with:
But opposition parties have labelled the statement as "self-serving", a stunt, and a waste of the Dáil's time.
Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty says the statements are tokenistic - and should be ignored by the public:
