New public servants not eligible for extra payments

Thousands of new entrants to the public service, most of them replacing those availing of early retirement pension arrangements, will not be eligible for extra allowances from today.

A review of the €2bn annual cost of overtime, allowances and premium payments was announced by the Public Reform and Expenditure Minister, Brendan Howlin, in the December budget.

But as the public service exodus gathers pace, any public servant not already getting such payments can not be paid them from today, pending the outcome of a review which aims to save €75m this year.