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Article: Civil Service pay cuts not the answer
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- The Irish Times
- Article date:
- October 12, 2009
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OPINION: A reduction in public sector pay is not the magic
solution to the problems with the public finances, writes DAVE
THOMAS
I REPRESENT the Association of Higher Civil and Public Servants
(AHCPS). My members are senior civil servants who include senior tax
inspectors, members of the courts service, among others. As an
association we have traditionally been reluctant to become involved
in public debate.
However, recent times have seen an extraordinary degree of
comment in relation to our members that is as vituperative as it is
inaccurate. For this reason we now feel compelled to enter the
debate and correct the myths about the public sector which have
continued to flourish like noxious ...