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Public service pay drop bigger than in private sector
…but average wages are still falling overall, new figures show.
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…but average wages are still falling overall, new figures show.
Brendan Howlin says that the number of staff in the public sector has fallen by more than the target set for 2011.
More than 1,200 staff have retired from the civil service since January – almost twice the number expected in the whole of 2013.
Truly intelligent efficiencies would deliver more fulfilled workers as well as better services, writes Aaron McKenna.
The final legislation is expected to be published by Minister Brendan Howlin later this year.
Young Fine Gael’s national conference has been taking place in Tullamore this weekend.
RTÉ reports that the closure of decentralised offices of FÁS, the Equality Tribunal, and the Department of the Environment has been given the green light.
The health minister said the HSE will have lost 4,200 staff, but insisted this would not lead to unsafe services.
Enda Kenny has given a detailed breakdown of the numbers expected to leave, after fears were raised over the impact on services.
Public sector retirements will see 61 vacancies in senior Garda ranks – and the government needs to act to fill these, the Opposition has said.
Enda Kenny says high-level special units have been established to make sure that retirements next month do not hit services.
The chairman of An Bord Snip Nua attacks the “very poorly designed” system which may leave the public sector understaffed.
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has admitted he can’t guarantee there won’t be individual problems caused by the exodus of public sector workers at the end of the month.
The length-of-service increments will cost the taxpayer €90million in 2012 – down from €180million last year.
New figures have shown that 3,500 personnel – the vast majority of them nurses – are due to leave the HSE by the end of February.
A survey carried out by a Fine Gael senator finds that two-thirds of FG and Labour councillors would back amending the deal.
The Minister of State has warned that pay cuts will be back on the agenda if Croke Park changes are not pushed through.
The communications minister says a torrid economy could well force the government to revisit the current public pay deal.
Public expenditure minister Brendan Howlin says around 9,000 staff will take advantage of a handsome pension deal and retire.
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The controversial ‘Top Gear’ presenter joked that striking public sector workers should be shot in front of their families.
The HSE had said that it wouldn’t pay travel expenses to its staff – but reversed the decision following a meeting between the Minister for Health and the head of the HSE.
Public sector workers are striking, over government proposals to make staff work longer and pay more in order to earn pensions.
Cardiff’s humiliation at the EU was a rare example of political transparency – something our civil servants are far from familiar with, writes Aaron McKenna.
The government says cutting public jobs will save €2.5bn by 2015 – but the European Commission’s draft report is far less optimistic.
The government has been criticised for proposing to cut 23,500 jobs in the public sector over the next four years.
The government has outlined plans which also include the merging of nearly 50 state agencies.
The public service reforms to be announced will see less of a reduction in staff numbers in the public sector than had been pledged in the programme for government.
Figures to be published on Thursday will confirm that the public sector will have fallen under 300,000 for the first time in five years.
However, administrative staff are paid less than those in corresponding jobs elsewhere in Europe.
Unions claim a new reform of pensions mean that new teachers will pay more into their pension funds than they’ll get back out.
But one trade union has strongly criticised the reforms which it is estimated will save €1.8 billion per year.
All public transport will be hit by a national strike, protesting at government plans to lay off thousands of public servants.