Union chief defends pay increments for higher-paid public servants

The General Secretary of the Public Services Executive Union has today defended a decision to sanction pay increments to more than 3,000 public-sector workers who earn an annual salary of more than €70,000.

Tom Geraghty, who is also a member of the implementation body of the Croke Park deal, said that the agreement is working and that the country cannot afford to scrap it.