Public Service to work for another month for nothing – Daly

A drop in income of 8% is the equivalent of working for a month for nothing according to Cllr Richard Daly of Fine Gael.

“This is not the first time that the public service has been hit by a similar cut. Only last year the public service were hit by a similar slash in their income which now means that public service are faced with working for two months for nothing.”said Cllr Daly

“Will the lending and mortgage agencies now readjust repayments to allow two months without repayments? Will utilities like ESB, Gas, telephone allow two months without payment? Can public service defer payment on car insurance, house insurance, car tax, etc for two months to reflect their drop in income.

The government have tried to demonise the public sector as a body who have done so well that they now need to be called to account. In reality they are the Gardai, the nurses, the firemen, the army, the teachers and many more who have never been the major beneficiaries of the boom years.

The expected sharing of the load where the high earners pay their share did not happen in this budget. The very high earners have been protected from any drop in living standards. The expected reform of the public sector is totally absent from this budget. Job creation stimulation is absent from this budget.

This is a disastrous budget for those in the public sector and those on social welfare”