IMPACT slams Lenihan comments on public service jobs
The IMPACT trade union has hit out at the Minister for Finance for saying public servants should be offered redundancy.
Speaking during a Dáil debate last night, Brian Lenihan said he would like to see redundancy packages offered to all public and civil servants in a bid to cut payroll costs.
IMPACT, however, says the idea was never discussed during talks on a new national pay deal last week.
It is accusing Mr Lenihan of "playing to the gallery" and scapegoating the public services for the state of the Irish economy.
