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Croke Park Agreement 'Savings' revealed to be total crock?

juan.kerr · 2012-10-14 08:57:54

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/678m-of-croke-parks-savings-are-now-in-doubt-3258429.html Notice they specifically refer to the Department of Agriculture figures in the response, no mention of whether the figures from other departments were inflated by the 40%. Sounds like the mandarins at the Department of…

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http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/678m-of-croke-parks-savings-are-now-in-doubt-3258429.html

Eoghan Murphy, FG TD, says an instruction by the Department of Finance to all other government departments to increase all savings figures by 40 per cent when reporting to the Croke Park Implementation Body, cast doubt on the final figures.

Yesterday, the Implementation Body refuted Mr Murphy's claims "in the strongest terms". A spokeswoman for Mr Howlin and the Implemenation Body said: "Specifically, the Body wishes to clarify for the avoidance of any doubt whatsoever that it was the more conservative savings estimate used by Department of Agriculture management that was used by the Body in its calculation of the overall non-pay savings. Therefore, there can be no question of any overestimation."

Notice they specifically refer to the Department of Agriculture figures in the response, no mention of whether the figures from other departments were inflated by the 40%.

Sounds like the mandarins at the Department of finance didn't like the figures so they decided to 'massage' them to make them more palatable.

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