Drastic action needed

GIVEN the collapse in the public finances the proposed 11-month partial freeze in the €19 billion public service wage bill is a joke.

All those whose jobs and pensions are guaranteed by private sector tax payers must accept an immediate pay cut of 10% for the lower paid, rising to 25% for higher earners.

The adequacy of these cuts should be reviewed every three months until exchequer balance is restored.

Drastic situations require drastic actions and the Government must act now.

Dick Keane

Silchester Park

Glenageary

Co Dublin