# public-service - Wednesday 4 July, 2012
# Sick Leave
# Sick Leave
Here’s what the official regulations say…
# Sick Leave
# Sick Leave
In one Government department, the average employee had a day off sick every three weeks.
# public-service - Thursday 28 June, 2012
# Croke Park Deal
# Croke Park Deal
The public expenditure minister tells the Dáil that lower-paid public servants will not have their increments cut.
# Pensions
# Pensions
A proposed new scheme will benefit lower paid public servants, says Minister Brendan Howlin.
# public-service - Wednesday 27 June, 2012
# Accessibility
# Accessibility
Irish Wheelchair Association believes that, even with grant aid, VAT and VRT on accessible taxis and cabs are “prohibitively” high.
# public-service - Sunday 17 June, 2012
# Croke Park
# Croke Park
The financial advisor and broadcaster said the deal cocooned higher-level public servants and targeted cuts at the most vulnerable.
# public-service - Friday 15 June, 2012
# Croke Park Deal
# Croke Park Deal
Trade unions are confused by the logic behind Leo Varadkar’s suggestions that some public staff should be laid off.
# public-service - Wednesday 13 June, 2012
# Croke Park Agreement
# Croke Park Agreement
While business group Chambers Ireland called for more cuts in the public sector, unions pointed to the effect the agreement has had on the lower-paid in the public service.
# Croke Park Deal
# Croke Park Deal
The Implementation Body for the public service pay deal says savings of €900m have been made between pay and non-pay.
# public-service - Saturday 19 May, 2012
# Not The News
From The Daily Edge
# Not The News
BREAKING via The Mire wire: The Government’s You Retire, We Rehire policy; Israel to take on Ireland; the second referendum that won’t happen will be held on 22 June.
# public-service - Tuesday 15 May, 2012
# Retirements
# Retirements
An assistant secretary-general at the Department of Agriculture retired in 2010, but will stay on until October at least.
# public-service - Friday 11 May, 2012
# Civil Service
# Civil Service
The country’s top civil servants say more urgency is needed on staffing levels, with some public servants taking on the work of two or three people.
# public-service - Friday 27 April, 2012
# Online
# Online
Fáilte Ireland gets overall prize in eGovernment awards for their Discover Ireland online campaign.
# public-service - Wednesday 25 April, 2012
# Public Sector
# Public Sector
One union says it expects the review of some 800 different allowances and that some will go.
# public-service - Tuesday 24 April, 2012
# Parking
# Parking
OPW says that renting a Dublin parking space costs the state an average €2,428 a year.
# public-service - Thursday 12 April, 2012
# EGovernment
# EGovernment
The eGovernment plan hopes to allow adults renew passports, apply for driving licences, and file company documents online by 2013.
# public-service - Saturday 7 April, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
The public sector is old, bewildered and struggling, writes Cormac McGrane. Here’s what we need to do.
# public-service - Thursday 29 March, 2012
# Public Service
# Public Service
However, Hayes warned that a cultural change was essential for Ireland’s economic recovery.
# public-service - Saturday 24 March, 2012
# Read Me
# Read Me
“Raise the shutters on a vacant unit, and life returns to an area”: Arts initiative PrettyvacanT Dublin on bringing energy through art back to abandoned buildings.
# public-service - Saturday 10 March, 2012
# public-service - Friday 9 March, 2012
# One Year In
# One Year In
The government promised to cut public sector numbers, increase accountability and improve performance. What’s happened?
# public-service - Tuesday 6 March, 2012
# Secretary General
# Secretary General
The department’s Second Secretary is stepping up to the top post following Cardiff’s appointment to the European Court of Auditors.
# public-service - Saturday 3 March, 2012
# Wages
# Wages
…but average wages are still falling overall, new figures show.
# public-service - Friday 2 March, 2012
# Retirements
# Retirements
Brendan Howlin says that the number of staff in the public sector has fallen by more than the target set for 2011.
# public-service - Monday 6 February, 2012
# Retirements
# Retirements
Enda Kenny says high-level special units have been established to make sure that retirements next month do not hit services.
# public-service - Friday 3 February, 2012
# Retirements
# Retirements
The chairman of An Bord Snip Nua attacks the “very poorly designed” system which may leave the public sector understaffed.
# public-service - Tuesday 31 January, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
Our leaders are spending our money in our names, writes Aaron McKenna – so why won’t they let us know how?
# public-service - Thursday 26 January, 2012
# Public Service
# Public Service
The length-of-service increments will cost the taxpayer €90million in 2012 – down from €180million last year.
# public-service - Wednesday 25 January, 2012
# Pay And Pensions
# Pay And Pensions
Meanwhile, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has revealed that one civil servant has taken a voluntary pay cut of more than 50 per cent.
# public-service - Tuesday 17 January, 2012
# Croke Park Deal
# Croke Park Deal
A survey carried out by a Fine Gael senator finds that two-thirds of FG and Labour councillors would back amending the deal.
# public-service - Monday 16 January, 2012
# Ouch
From The Daily Edge
# Ouch
Manchester officers puzzled by robbery at town hall – but issue callout to warn burglars of dangers of stolen booty.
# public-service - Thursday 12 January, 2012
# Public Sector Reform
# Public Sector Reform
The Minister of State has warned that pay cuts will be back on the agenda if Croke Park changes are not pushed through.
# public-service - Wednesday 14 December, 2011
# Opinion
# Opinion
A whole new layer of bureaucracy is part of the Government’s fiscal plan, writes Fianna Fáil TD Seán Fleming.
# public-service - Monday 12 December, 2011
# Croke Park Deal
# Croke Park Deal
The communications minister says a torrid economy could well force the government to revisit the current public pay deal.
# public-service - Friday 9 December, 2011
# Public Sector
# Public Sector
Public expenditure minister Brendan Howlin says around 9,000 staff will take advantage of a handsome pension deal and retire.
# public-service - Wednesday 30 November, 2011
# United Kingdom
# United Kingdom
Public sector workers are striking, over government proposals to make staff work longer and pay more in order to earn pensions.
# public-service - Sunday 20 November, 2011
# Budget 2012
# Budget 2012
The government says cutting public jobs will save €2.5bn by 2015 – but the European Commission’s draft report is far less optimistic.
# public-service - Friday 18 November, 2011
# Public Sector
# Public Sector
The government has been criticised for proposing to cut 23,500 jobs in the public sector over the next four years.
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