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Friday 27 November 2020
Internal email show concerns over communications of expense entitlements among the public.
The Taoiseach says the civil service is currently ‘very white’.
It comes after a flood of workers signalled their desire to help tackle the public health crisis.
Decentralisation was previously brought in by former Minister for Finance Charlie McCreevy in 2003.
Unions and politicians have expressed fears that many more will be forced to retire before new legislation comes in.
Legislation set to extend the compulsory retirement age will arrive too late for George McLoughlin.
He rejected an offer to have some increments restored.
Currently, civil servants and teachers are entitled to 1.5 days paid leave at the time of a marital breakdown to help deal with legal issues.
The National Shared Services Office was set up to “modernise” the civil service.
Achieving gender equity has to be underpinned by a greater openness to real flexibility across grades and departments, writes Selina McCoy.
The Public Service Pay Commission will soon deliver its report.
Other measures include English language training programmes and community grants.
When it’s between two candidates of equal merit, female candidates will be priorities.
The suggested wage at €11.50 per hour, based on the Civil Service 37 hour standard net working week, equates to an annual salary of €22,203.
The party launched the first of two policy documents (relating to public service rewards and a ‘right to know’ public data law) this afternoon.
A graduate recruitment campaign to fill the posts was launched yesterday.
The civil service is trying to be gender balanced – but it’s got a long way to go.
There seems to be a disparity between people’s experiences and what they feel.
Reports today reveal Department officials said housing figures had been spun.
How many pigs are in Ireland? How many people are paid minimum wage? So many questions…
So much irrationality is directed at our civil service, including the dangerous notion of privatisation of functions, that the hard work of many decent people is overlooked.
While staff in the civil service who do well will be recognised – but not with bonuses.
The job will be filled over the next two years.
The Finance Minister denied that the Government should have been more cautious in Budget 2015.
A moratorium on hiring will be lifted.
Impact said that the move is welcome, and agreed that it should be a gradual process.
Plus: How many Benzodiapine tablets were seized by the Revenue Customs Service this week.
The higher up the grade scale you go, the more men dominate.
Senior civil servant Robert Watt called for a debate on making it easier to sack public sector workers at the MacGill Summer School yesterday.
If they were good enough for Moses…
Their union say that their pay has been cut unilaterally.
Unions are calling for pay rises ahead of tax cuts for the general public.
Minister Brendan Howlin has revealed that 35 receive pensions worth €100,000, with five of those being €118,000.
And 63 have been on breaks for over five years.
The Government says the bonus points system hasn’t worked, but Irish groups says it is yet another blow to the language. What do you think?
The civil service is looking to fill positions in the Departments of Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform in the coming months.
Kieran Coughlan retired as clerk of the Dáil earlier this month with a decision on his permanent successor likely to be delayed until the Dáil returns in the autumn.
Under proposed reforms, thousands of civil servants in Greece will have eight months to find new posts or accept those offered to them. Otherwise, they would lose their job.
The government is seeking additional savings from the public sector, setting it on a collision course with unions. Here’s what it’s all about…
Imagine asking for a pay rise after your business goes bust. That’s the reality of increments, writes Keith Redmond.
ONE OF THE most eagerly anticipated nights of the Irish TV year is finally here, with not even 2020 being able to stop the broadcast of the Late Late Toy Show.
Covid-19 restrictions mean it will be a different kind of show this year, but it still promises to be a special night – perhaps more so than usual given the year we’ve had.
For the day that’s in it, we’re asking: Will you watch the Late Late Toy Show?
Poll Results:
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