I won’t pretend services won’t take hit: Howlin

BRENDAN HOWLIN said he would not “pretend” that frontline services won’t be hit by a cut of 23,500 in public sector workers.

But the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform said each department will have to monitor the changes to prevent problems or deal with them as they arise.

Exactly where the staff will be cut and a timeline for doing so will be outlined at the time of the budget on December 6.