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On that I agree; it understates the problem. Since 2006 wages in the public sector have continued to forge ahead at break-neck speeds while wages in the public sector have stagnated of reduced.
From the people I know in the PS all they want is fairness not to be scapegoated into being the bad guys because they are like you and me.
They are a highly educated work force and can see the writing on the wall and really have a problem with the way they are being treated.
The important point is that the public sector has increased massively as a proportion of the overall economy.
Every time the govt decides to make a new agency more PS have to be employed in other words if you want someone to blame for the state of the PS blame the ones responsible, the FF govt.
NO I SHOULDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO REPLICATE AN ESRI STUDY FIRST HAND IN ORDER TO MAKE A POINT HERE
Unless your point is based on flawed edivence
This is a discussion forum and we all have our own jobs.
Not me I'm off today
I'm not going to live my life either saying nothing or having to back up the reports of reputable research institutes.
Do you think you can compare a fully trained Gardas wage to that to a security guard then you can accept the ERSI report if not then you are only kidding yourself.
I know you guys would love to silence the ESRI and will argue to the death with its flawed findings.
Fixed that for you
Take off your blindfold and accept that the findings of an independent research institute paint a pretty accurate picture of an unbiased reality.
Do you not understand?
The ESB, RTE, Bord Na Mona, Bord Gas etc etc are all very highly paid people with great perks and a great pension they haven't been hit with the pension levy and I would doubt very much if a wage cut was decided that they would be hit with it.
I said I a different thread that I know a guy who is paid €80,000 a year as a wage clerk in the ESB, Please show me a wage clerk in the Civil Service who gets anything like that kind of money.
He has been included in the study.