For­mer min­is­ter of fi­nance Colm Im­bert says the Gov­ern­ment will need to re­turn to Par­lia­ment for ad­di­tion­al fund­ing or present an all new 2026 Bud­get if it in­tends to meet the Pub­lic Ser­vices As­so­ci­a­tion’s re­quest to have back­pay, stem­ming from the still-to-be-ne­go­ti­at­ed “ten per cent” wage in­crease, paid by Christ­mas.

While the PSA has de­clared it has re­ceived a “ten per cent” of­fer from the deputy Chief Per­son­nel Of­fi­cer (CPO) last Fri­day, Guardian Me­dia has been re­li­ably in­formed that what was pre­sent­ed to PSA Pres­i­dent Fe­l­isha Thomas was an in­ten­tion to com­mence ne­go­ti­a­tions and not a for­mal of­fer.

Thomas could not be reached for com­ment for sev­er­al days.