Civil servants offered ‘sweet heart’ deals

CIVIL servants are having to be tempted away from Dublin with “sweet heart” deals because decentralisation is so unpopular, Labour last night insisted.

The Government’s controversial €3 billion relocation scheme is in complete “disarray” according to the party’s finance spokeswoman Joan Burton TD.

As evidence of the initiative’s unpopularity, Ms Burton pointed to the situation in the FÁS agency, where 51 staff out of 400 are to transfer from Dublin to Birr, Offaly, based on promotions being offered.