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Tue 12 Dec 2009Case for average public sector pay cut of 5% to 7% is compelling
OPINION:The case for cutting public sector pay is almost unanswerable, writes JOHN O'HAGAN
RARELY HAS there been such widespread agreement among independent commentators that the main way for tomorrow’s budget to deal with the fiscal requirement of a €1.3 billion decrease in the pay and pension bill is an across-the-board reduction in pay rates (and hence pensions) graduated according to income, with the higher-paid public servants taking the largest percentage decline.
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