This week the SDLP’s Dolores Kelly revealed that 30 retired civil servants had been coining in £424,248 as consultants.
Now, while this may seem shocking in some quarters, look carefully and there could be a grand scheme at play here. (1) Civil servants get redundancy/final salary payments, therefore injecting much needed cash into the economy. (2) Pay them as consultants therefore injecting much needed cash into the economy. (3) Make more civil servants redundant as part of RPA with redundancy/final salary payments, therefore injecting much needed cash into the economy. (4) Pay them as consultants therefore injecting much needed cash into the economy.
Oh wait! That would mean an increase in taxes and rates…and the Irish Times was reporting at the same time that there is a £1bn shortfall in the Executive’s finances. Seems officials will be cadging unspent monies from departments who haven’t progressed their plans. One hopes they haven’t unspent monies in savings accounts. What with the interest rate so low it’s not exactly the best way to get a return on your investment.
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