Underperforming utility staff will still get bonus

Irish Water workers who underperform will be rewarded with bonuses, it has emerged.

Staff members judged to “need to improve” are entitled to increased pay, while those found to be doing just the standard of work expected of them get bonuses of up to 14%.

Senior staff at the utility and its parent company Bord Gáis, renamed Ervia, are in line for annual bonuses of up to 19%, RTÉ has revealed.