New civil servants earning €7,000 less than colleagues

A trade union representing low-paid civil servants has claimed new recruits are now earning up to €7,000 less than their lowest paid colleagues in some roles.

New civil servants earning €7,000 less than colleagues

At the annual conference of the Civil Public and Services Union, general secretary Eoin Ronayne said it will take new recruits six years to reach €11.50 per hour, which is estimated to be the “living wage”.

“Many of these new state employees are third-level qualified and when they realise it will take over 18 years to get to the mid-€30,000s they head off to better opportunities,” said Mr Ronayne.

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