Call for public sector ‘reward’ system

Public sector workers and those in semi-state agencies should be given “reward” payments if they work over and above their required duties, the junior finance minister has suggested.

OPW Minister Brian Hayes also revealed that the Coalition was examining the use of external, private- sector auditors to benchmark the performance of public sector workers.

In an interview with the Irish Examiner, he said that reforms for public service workers needed to go further than the recently- signed Haddington Road agreement.