'We deserve pay rise' - €146,000 civil servants [Herald.ie]
- Published: 07 April 2010
Top civil servants earning up to €146,000 a year told Finance Minister Brian Lenihan their work was so important that they deserved a pay rise, it emerged today
The group of 600 was given an exemption from the full brunt of the public-service pay cuts when their association told Mr Lenihan that their pay was "way behind" what was on offer in the private sector.
The revelations are set to infuriate teachers, who are poised to reject their controversial pay-cuts deal. It will also spark further fury among gardai, nurses and low-paid public service workers who are being asked to accept a deal cementing their full pay cuts.
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