Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)

The centrepiece of the announcement today is a significant increase in the number of workers who will be taken out of the public service. Is a serious analysis being done of the value for money of this measure in a context where agency or contract staff are often taking up the slack in the public service, Civil Service and local government? I have a later question the answer to which I have not yet seen. Do we know whether it is better for the Exchequer in terms of value for money and delivery of service if things are outsourced, done by agencies or contractors? I do not believe there are any figures or evidence to back that up.

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