A Christmas Present for Senior Civil Servants

[hammer]

They lost their bonuses when the country became bankrupt.

Im crying my eyes out

`Should these people not be sacked for the passive role they appear to have taken when the economy floundered. Bonuses on the way up , 3% cut on the way down.

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[sauntersplash]

what difference does it make , every other grade in the public sector is much higher paid than thier counterparts in more or less every eu country

Not true.

[HarshBuzz]

it doesn't matter what public servants are paid in other countries

what matters is what we can afford to pay ours and that amount is falling rapidly

[Conor]

Does anybody not think it very suspicious that the report on the higher paid civil servants was not actually made available to anyone bar the Government

Lets have a look BIFFO

Have you looked for it?

[He3]

what difference does it make , every other grade in the public sector is much higher paid than thier counterparts in more or less every eu country

Not relevant here.

[just4ever]

Have you looked for it?

see http://www.reviewbody.gov.ie/Documents/Report%2044.pdf

[Dreaded_Estate]

Page 6 of the report very clearly states that the recommendation was for the pay cuts be on top of the cuts to bonuses.

Regarding performance-related payments, we remain committed to the concept for the higher management grades but, in recognition of the very serious state of the public finances, we recommend that such payments be suspended until 2012, when they should be reviewed again.

[nonpartyboy]

O'Connor better tell these boys we ain't having it.

[He3]

Harry McGee says lobbying did the trick. Look who the lobbyists were working for -

the grades include senior ambassadors, the chair of the Competition Authority, the chair of the Labour Court and the chair of Refugee Appeals Commission.

Others in this bracket include the chief executive of the National Council for Special Education; the chief executive of the Public Appointments Service; the OPW commissioner; the Data Protection commissioner; senior Garda and Army personnel; the Ombudsman; the Director of Corporate Enforcement; and the Met Éireann director.

Lenihan was lobbied after budget to amend public service cuts Political Correspondent - The Irish Times - Wed, Jan 06, 2010

He says there are 220 of them, not 160 fwiw. A dozen or so are in the Revenue Commissioners.

[smiddy74]

In the independent this morning that it is more like 600 senior civil servants will dodge the top pay cuts...

Now 600 escape full brunt of public sector pay cuts - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie