Brendan Howlin: The State should set an example of paying well

Hyperbole is the order of the day for many but we have a moral duty to restore public sector pay to levels of 2007, says Labour Party leader Brendan Howlin

FEW things attract the same level of rhetoric as public service pay. From the economic commentators on the right, continuously decrying the cost (dare I say the mere existence) of the public service pay bill, to Sinn Féin’s plans to hack the salaries of higher-paid public servants at the last election, hyperbole is the order of the day.

The report of the public services pay commission makes a mockery of these myths.