# public-service - Tuesday 11 June, 2013
ERT will cease operations for three months, and is likely to reopen with only a fraction of its current workforce of 2,800.
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# public-service - Friday 31 May, 2013
Pat Rabbitte says the replacement for the TV licence needs to ensure minimal standards for RTÉ, and can’t save other media.
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# public-service - Tuesday 21 May, 2013
If the union’s proposals are accepted, the ‘essential elements’ of the Croke Park Agreement will remain in place.
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# public-service - Monday 13 May, 2013
As he prepares for Kieran Mulvey to sound the death knell on pay talks, Brendan Howlin says national solvency is good for everyone.
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# public-service - Friday 10 May, 2013
The public expenditure minister tells TheJournal.ie that some unions would need a dramatic U-turn – and that the next option is negotiating with unions on an individual basis.
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# public-service - Wednesday 8 May, 2013
The government is seeking to cut public sector pay by €300 million this year and hopes for a negotiated settlement with trade unions by next week.
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# public-service - Monday 18 March, 2013
Regional Secratary of UNITE hit out at the government, accusing it of “subverting the democratic process”.
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# public-service - Thursday 14 March, 2013
The union said that the proposals on the table were “the best that could be obtained through negotiation”.
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# public-service - Tuesday 19 February, 2013
The INMO said it will not be moving the proposals as it returns to talks on the Croke Park Agreement today.
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# public-service - Monday 18 February, 2013
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…
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Meanwhile, an alliance of gardaí, nurses, paramedics, firefighters and prison officers will hold a rally in Dublin this evening.
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# public-service - Saturday 16 February, 2013
Most unions are returning to talks today but will the government be able to reach a deal to save €170 million through pay cuts?
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# public-service - Wednesday 30 January, 2013
Politicians are just the same as other public servants – and their expenses should be reduced in line with the sacrifices being made across the country, writes Sarah O’Neill.
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# public-service - Saturday 26 January, 2013
Also, how many of Kerry’s councillors actually favour relaxed drink-driving rules? And just how rich is Apple?
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# public-service - Tuesday 22 January, 2013
Brendan Howlin today confirmed he was continuing with plans to cut public staff numbers by 9,500 in two years.
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# public-service - Sunday 20 January, 2013
In a wide-ranging interview with RTÉ, the Taoiseach also said that he was “not in the business of providing abortion on demand” and said the Anglo promissory note would be restructured.
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# public-service - Saturday 12 January, 2013
A leaked European Commission report raises questions over Brendan Howlin’s plans to further downsize the public sector.
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# public-service - Friday 11 January, 2013
A draft Troika report, obtained by TheJournal.ie, reveals suggestions that the Croke Park Agreement may not go far enough.
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# public-service - Thursday 3 January, 2013
Any new entrant to the public sector will have their final pension calculated based on their average wage, not their final salary.
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# public-service - Saturday 15 December, 2012
We’re breaking the hiring freeze to staff our health service – and the new entrants will be taking the pay cuts nobody else wants.
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# public-service - Sunday 25 November, 2012
Brendan Howlin says talks this week on getting more from the Croke Park Deal will not touch lower pay rates.
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# public-service - Wednesday 21 November, 2012
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform plans to meet with public sector unions next week.
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# public-service - Tuesday 20 November, 2012
Brendan Howlin says depending on how the first talks ago, the parties might start negotiations on a successor to Croke Park.
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# public-service - Thursday 8 November, 2012
HSE representatives appearing before the Public Accounts Commitee said most allowances are paid to frontline service provision staff.
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# public-service - Friday 2 November, 2012
Imagine asking for a pay rise after your business goes bust. That’s the reality of increments, writes Keith Redmond.
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# public-service - Saturday 27 October, 2012
How is Ireland doing? The Government has launched a pilot performance measurement website Ireland Stat to answer that question.
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# public-service - Sunday 21 October, 2012
Public pay and pensions can’t be touched under Croke Park. So just how much of public spending does that make up?
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# public-service - Thursday 11 October, 2012
The Tánaiste says the planned removal of public sector allowances will be done in “accordance with industrial relation procedures”.
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# public-service - Tuesday 9 October, 2012
The Barack Obama campaign has made an ad mocking Mitt Romney over his Big Bird comments – but Sesame Street isn’t happy.
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# public-service - Wednesday 26 September, 2012
Protests are also planned against the latest round of austerity measures.
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# public-service - Tuesday 25 September, 2012
Public sector allowances are small fry – but the media storm is a distraction from the real bad news, writes Michael Taft.
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# public-service - Monday 24 September, 2012
The junior finance minister says that salaries of over €100,000 paid to people in the public sector is “the biggest area” the government needs to look at.
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# public-service - Sunday 23 September, 2012
We’ve asked all of the political parties and a smattering of independents to outline clearly and in detail their position on the Croke Park Agreement on public sector pay and reform. Here is what they said…
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# public-service - Thursday 20 September, 2012
The committee is to scrutinise the controversial allowances to public sector workers following news that savings targeted this year will not be met.
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# public-service - Wednesday 19 September, 2012
The Irish National Teachers’ Organisation says enforcing cuts originally introduced in the Budget means a third successive pay cut.
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# public-service - Tuesday 18 September, 2012
These allowances still stand but might be modified for future appointees: Secretaries to ministers and taoisigh; giving advice on keeping people safe on winter roads; taxi allowances and more…
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Gardaí are to keep their dog handling, uniform cleaning and boot allowances, while teachers with more than 35 years service will continue to receive a corresponding allowance.
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New appointees in the public/civil sector may no longer get allowances for things you may not have known they were entitled to… like not leaking exam papers and for “night attire”.
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# public-service - Sunday 16 September, 2012
Teachers’ unions say they already work more than 40 hours a week – and more than their counterparts across the globe.
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# public-service - Friday 14 September, 2012
The new system will allow citizens to get their issues “into the centre of parliament” – here’s more on how it works.
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