Govt to consider reducing back public servants' hours Thousands of public servants will have their working hours reduced back to lower pre-austerity levels from 1 July, if a recommendation made by an independent … Business • 11 Jan 22
Call to safeguard home-working civil servants Civil servants working from home could end up like Deliveroo workers, and lose their pay and conditions of employment, a trade union conference heard today. Business • 28 May 21
88% of civil servants as 'effective' working remotely A new report reveals that 88% of civil servants feel as effective working remotely as they are during normal working arrangements. Business • 23 Dec 20
Public sector workforce now higher than 2008 peak Public sector pay and pensions will cost €19.5 billion in 2018, according to the latest research from the Institute of Public Administration. Ireland • 28 Nov 18
Proposed changes over civil servant dismissals Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe is to draft legislation that will change how decisions around the dismissal of civil servants are made. Politics • 12 Apr 18
Concern over proposed civil servant 'super-union' Mid-ranking civil servants have voiced concern about proposals to create a super-union to represent civil servants. Ireland • 21 Apr 17
Top civil servants to resist open-plan offices Senior civil servants will resist moving from single offices to open-plan offices when government departments are relocated or reorganised, according to the Association of Higher … News • 06 May 16
Civil servants to demand sick leave entitlements Mid-ranking civil servants are to demand the reversal of significant cuts to their paid sick leave entitlements, which Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan … News • 17 Apr 15
Civil servants to refuse additional productivity Mid-ranking civil servants will refuse to provide any additional productivity in return for pay restoration in forthcoming talks with the government, according to the president … News • 16 Apr 15
Firing civil servants set to become easier The Government is to streamline disciplinary procedures to make it easier to fire underperforming civil servants as part of a new three-year strategy to improve … News • 30 Oct 14
Civil service candidates 'fear vilification' Qualified candidates are not applying for top civil service posts for fear of being vilified in the media. News • 11 Sep 12
Rabbitte: Public service criticism lowering morale Minister for Communications & Natural Resources Pat Rabbitte has hit out at the ''incessant assault'' on the public service. News • 27 Jul 12
Performance reforms for civil servants announced Civil servants will face more intense scrutiny of their performance before qualifying for annual incremental pay rises under reforms. Business • 26 Jul 12
Cuts for former taoisigh among pension reforms Former taoisigh and other public servants receiving multiple pensions are facing a cut in their income under pension reforms described by Minister for Public Expenditure … News • 28 Jun 12
Govt plan for work ratings 'unworkable' - union The union representing senior civil servants has described Government proposals to address performance management as "totally unworkable." News • 11 May 12
