IMPACT: CSO pay figures do not show hit to public workers' pay

Trade union IMPACT has said the figures on public and private pay levels released today by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) did not give a full picture of the deterioration of public sector pay in 2009.

The CSO said the average weekly earnings of public servants rose by just less than 2% in the year to September last, compared to a fall of almost 3% for private sector workers.