“Government commitments in the Croke Park agreement on entitlements to overall pay rates, job security and superannuation ‘do not apply to any public servant who is represented by any union or association that has not accepted the agreement’, Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan has warned …” (more)
[Marie O’Halloran, Irish Times, 13 January]
“Finance Minister Brian Lenihan is approving 200 public service jobs a month despite the state sector recruitment ban. More than 2,200 full-time jobs have been filled in the public service since the moratorium on new posts was introduced in March last year …” (more)
[Paul Melia, Independent, 13 December]
“Finance Minister Brian Lenihan insisted the Croke Park deal would stand – but could only guarantee it for 12 months …” (more)
[Shaun Connolly, Irish Examiner, 22 November]
“Public servants will be squeezed for savings deeper than were negotiated in the Croke Park agreement as the Government commits to cutting €15 billion off its spending by 2014. Finance Minister Brian Lenihan said pay scales agreed with public sector trade unions would be respected but what was expected of the service would have to increase …” (more)
[Conor Ryan and Niall Murray, Irish Examiner, 27 October]
Ninth Level Ireland 