Public sector workers turn to welfare for survival [Independent.ie]
- Published: 07 February 2010
Public servants are queuing up for social welfare.
Clerical officers and staff officers are applying in big numbers and qualifying for emergency social welfare assistance to meet their mortgage repayments and household bills.
"This is not at all unusual now, in fact it's quite common, everyone in the civil service knows about it. Even staff officers with kids are getting hand-outs from the social welfare. It's amazing what's going on and a bit strange that the Government are cutting wages and having to top them up with welfare payments. You would wonder sometimes, what's the real saving," said one Department of Education official.
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