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Updated: 10:58
THE GOVERNMENT IS looking to strike a deal with unions that would see all public servants earning over €60,000 face pay cuts.
This morning, the Irish Independent reported that sources at the negotiations said they came to a standstill as unions and government officials could not agree a figure.
Liam Doran, General Secretary of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) confirmed this morning that the pay cut was one of the issues on the table.
However he said it was just one of a number of proposals coming to the table and that the organisation would reserve comment until representatives sit down and see the full package.
Bernard Harbor, Head of Communications at IMPACT said that there will be a substantial contribution to savings sought from people on higher pay. “Our own view is that it will be the single biggest element on any single package, if we manage to agree a package,” he told TheJournal.ie.
“The threshold and mechanisms have not been finalised yet and neither has a figure but we’re heading into the endgame of the negotiations this week so these crunch issues will be sorted out in depth.”
Harbor said the vast majority of public sector workers earn below €70,000 but that the union would hope to push the threshold up as high as it can to exclude as many people as possible.
“The figure of €60,000 would be lower than we would have envisaged but that’s still to play for,” he said.
Yesterday, Junior Finance Minister Brian Hayes said that legislation with regards to public sector savings is “inevitable if there is no agreement“.
Despite calls for them to return to talks, the two bodies representing gardaí have said they will not negotiate any deal that involves cuts to their members’ pay.
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Very interesting- well done to the author making life worth living again!
Very well put especially our minds can lie to us. Not just addiction, I often shook my head, slapped myself, threw water on my face to escape an unwelcome emotion. Took 10 years to find that statement, the mind can lie, before you get to do something it had already whispered the negative outcome. From that continuously they also rewire. On form, off form confidence or none, you can’t smack, splash a neuroconnection away easily. It’s a marathon task to change yourself from that cycle. A story that I hope others will see and find their own path.
The support available for eating disorders in Ireland is atrocious….3 public bed available to serve tens of thousands apparently. Average stint in a private hospital (about 8-12 weeks) is upwards of 50 grand. We’ve a lot to do. Great support available in uk.
@deisecelt: hospital beds are for those medically unwell though which is really restricted to those with a restrictive ED or anorexia nervosa. That would be a regular medical bed for which the usual ‘bed shortage’ issues apply. Treatment for binge eating disorder would be as an outpatient. Psychiatric beds for eating disorder are few and far between but again can’t see binge eating disorder requiring one unless part of a syndrome like Prader Willi and some other mental health issue at play.
Well done author for writing this so well. Food is accompanied with so many rewards both physically and socially, that’s where the danger is. It’s also one of the hardest addictions to stop because unlike smoking/drink/drugs, you can’t just abstain, you still need to eat. And the remorse you feel after binging is ridiculously strong. Not only women suffer through this also.
Thank you for sharing your story. The 12 Step programs share a success rate with inpatient programs for addictive disorders. And they are free, you may give a donation at your ability. You talk about connecting with your Higher Power. It is important for people to understand that some Judeo-Christian deity is not necessary. Twelve Step programs provide not only support but a structure for better dealing with stress and emotion.
Is purge vomiting or going out the other way. Do u need a laxative to expel it?
@Coole Swan: Vomiting if i remember my H.E. correctly
@Coole Swan: it’s either
@Coole Swan: both
The success rate of 12 step programs is abysmal to say the least. Studies have shown that only 5 percent of people stick with 12 programs after 12 month.
The 12 steps has a terrible success rate, studies have shown only 5 percent of people stick with a 12 step program after 12 months.
The success rate of 12 step programs is abysmal. Studies have shown that only 5%of people stick with 12 step programs after 12 months.
The success rate of 12 programs is abysmal. Studies have shown that only 5 %of people stick with 12 step programs after 12 months
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