Ministerial Muppet mayhem as Croke Park ‘reform’ exposed

A FORTNIGHT from today, Mar 1, is the first day of the new public service provision after 8,118 retirements.

Obfuscation, downright denial and mismanagement by Government ministers and senior officials is about to result in disorganised chaos. There is no precedent for what lies ahead in human resource deployment.

Two years of pretence that the Croke Park Agreement is achieving enhanced productivity and reform, is about to be exposed as a gigantic sham. Consequences for hospital patients, students and victims of crime are potentially disastrous. Contingency planning is dependent on the willingness of disappearing personnel to agree to being re-hired.