Minister to receive benchmarking body’s second report

The second report from the benchmarking body set up to advise on public-sector pay rises is due to be presented to the Minister for Finance today.

The first report recommended average pay rises of almost 9% for public-sector workers to bring their wages into line with those of the private sector.

However, newspaper reports earlier this week said the vast majority of employees would receive no increases this time around, due to the superiority of public-sector pensions compared to those of private-sector workers.

The recommendation has already sparked outrage from some public-sector unions, with the Irish Nurses Organisation threatening legal action.