Public sector seeks slice of recovery
By the end of the year, more people will be working in the public sector than ever, and the government will want to ward off spiralling pay demands
The Oireachtas budget office has warned Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe that the annual public sector pay bill could spiral by €1.1 billion.
It has highlighted the cost of pay demands by the public sector unions as numbers in the public sector are due to reach their highest-ever level at the end of this year.
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) was set up to give TDs and senators an independent view of the ...
