This would give the PSA nightmares

Guido Fawkes blogs on the Irish budget:

• Welfare benefits reduced to 2006 levels, social welfare bill cut by equivalent to 1.5% of public expenditure
• Dole allowance to be reduced to €150 a week
• Social welfare to be cut 4.1%
• Politicians’ pay will be reduced in line with public sector grades
• Public sector pay cut of 5% on first €30,000 salary, 7.5% on the folllowing €40,000 of salary and 10% on next €55,000
• Taoiseach (PM) to have pay cut by further 20% on top of previous 10%
• Permanent pay reduction of 12% for those on over €200,000 in the public sector
• Savings of over €1bn on public sector pay bill