Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Hit the poor hardest ...

Great to see more "though decisions" are being made by Fianna Fáil and supported by the Green Party.

Fianna Fáil and the Greens cut the pay of low paid public servants by 5%, cut child benefit by 10% and cut social welfare benefits paid to the unemployed, disabled, blind and sick. Cuts are ongoing to the poorest and most disadvantaged with more to come in December's budget.

However, senior civil servants and senior executives in the public service and State agencies were given a reprieve. Now it seems that the semi-State bosses are getting the same special treatment. Last December, Brian Lenihan announced that he would bring proposals to Cabinet "at an early date" to review the pay arrangements for the Chief Executives of semi-States. Eight months later, nothing has happened and the Department of Finance has confirmed that the issue has been put on the long finger.

Well done Green Party ... more to be proud of.

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