Public staff set for €1k boost in 2016

Low-paid public servants could be as much as €2,000 better off by the end of 2017 under a public service deal which was still being negotiated between the Government and trade unions late last night.

State employees could be up to €1,000 better off next year on successful conclusion of a deal, with a similar increase expected in 2017 which may particularly favour the low paid.

For the Government, a deal would yield further guarantees around productivity and reform which have already been seen as significant in the public service over the course of the Haddington Road and Croke Park agreements.