public sector pay increases

[mfh1]

how much has public sector pay increased in the last 10 yrs?-im fed up with their "we didnt benifit from the boom so why should we suffer from the downturn" rubbish-didnt see them turning down pay increases funded by the boom/bubble

 

[j26]

I haven't looked at the past 10 years, but I have looked into the last 3. Civil service pay has increased by 13% from 1/1/06 to today. Inflation in the same time has been cumulatively greater than 13%.

 

[grahamo]

Yes thats right! 13% in the last 3 years or so. For all the begrudgers info it hasn't even kept up with inflation. Back in 2003/4 or whenever benchmarking was I did get 8% all in one go. (whoop-de doo!) We are now in the middle of a 1 year pay freeze.

 

[Purple]

Irish Public Service 2001-2006: Salaries up 59%; Payroll up 18% - 38,000 workers and Pensions up 81.3%

 

[rabbit]

Yes thats right! 13% in the last 3 years or so. For all the begrudgers info it hasn't even kept up with inflation. Back in 2003/4 or whenever benchmarking was I did get 8% all in one go. (whoop-de doo!) We are now in the middle of a 1 year pay freeze.

Wait until the IMF reduces your wages 30% to bring them in to line

If public expenditure in this country was not so high we would not be in the mess its in.

 

[grahamo]

Wait until the IMF reduces your wages 30% to bring them in to line.

And as for pay cuts... As long as their across the board and from top to bottom I don't have a problem with it. I lived and worked through the last recession where the ordinary Joe took ALL the pain while the fat cats and moneymen did nothing.

If public expenditure in this country was not so high we would not be in the mess its in.

You mean if the bankers and developers didn't f*** up so badly we wouldn't be in this mess

 

[liaconn]

If public expenditure in this country was not so high we would not be in the mess its in.

????? What planet have you been on for the last few months? I think bankers and developers have played a tiny part in it all.

Yet another ill informed bit of public service bashing.

 

[S.L.F]

If public expenditure in this country was not so high we would not be in the mess its in.

The people who caused our public expenditure to be so high are FF not the public or civil service.

 

[Purple]

????? What planet have you been on for the last few months? I think bankers and developers have played a tiny part in it all.

It's all part of the pro-cyclical economic policies that we have had for the last 10 years.

 

[liaconn]

That would explain the high rates of lending by banks, which obviously fed into the property frenzy. It does not excuse the dishonest, corrupt and irresponsible behaviour of many people working in this area.

 

[z103]

You mean if the bankers and developers didn't f*** up so badly we wouldn't be in this mess

The bankers and developers are just capitalists, do their best to make as much money as possible. They were just doing their job over the last ten years, taking advantage of a weak, spineless government. A bit like the scorpion in the frog & scorpian crossing the river story.

The people who caused our public expenditure to be so high are FF not the public or civil service.

Indeed. If you want to blame anyone, blame bertie and co.
I can't even really blame the public sector anymore. Who is going to turn down pensions, perks etc?