The proposed new agreement called Building Momentum: A New Public Sector Agreement will succeed the Public Service Stability agreement, which expires at the end of this month. Key elements of the proposed deal were outlined by union negotiators at a meeting of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions’ Public Services Committee today. Talks at the Workplace Relations Commission ended in the early hours of this morning. The four chief negotiators told the union meeting that Building Momentum: A New Public Sector Agreement was a “positive short-term package” negotiated against a difficult background. In a statement, the committee said the new proposals would “build on the momentum of recent pay restoration and public service flexibility and service quality”.