SIPTU refuses to participate in decentralisation IT system

THE country’s largest trade union will not co-operate with the computerised application system for civil service decentralisation.

As Minister for Finance Charlie McCreevy yesterday launched the new system for 10,000 civil servants, SIPTU representatives from 20 State agencies unanimously agreed to tell their members to refuse to participate in the process.

The Central Applications Facility (CAF) will allow public servants to apply online to be transferred outside Dublin. Those who apply before July 8 will be given priority, if the location they have chosen is over-subscribed.