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| Finance Minister Nigel Dodds is to commission an independent review of pay and bonuses for senior civil servants in Northern Ireland. | Finance Minister Nigel Dodds is to commission an independent review of pay and bonuses for senior civil servants in Northern Ireland. |
| The total bonus pay-out for senior civil servants last year was £1.2m. | The total bonus pay-out for senior civil servants last year was £1.2m. |
| The figures were obtained in answers to questions submitted to the Assembly by SDLP MLA Patsy McGlone. | |
| He has welcomed the review: "People are paid relatively good wages for doing a job and in my book there shouldn't be any question of bonuses being paid." | |
| "Many people, particularly in times of credit crunch and where there are now many people who are on the dole who have never been out of work in their lives, were looking at a bonus culture creeping in where over £1m was being paid out to senior civil servants," said Mr McGlone. | |
| "We want to see parity, we want to see fairness. If there is extra productivity we want to see what it is." | |
| Mr Dodds said the move followed a similar review of the reward strategy for senior civil servants in the rest of the United Kingdom | |
| "There has been a great deal of public comment over recent months about public sector pay generally," he said. | "There has been a great deal of public comment over recent months about public sector pay generally," he said. |
| "I will want the review to look at comparisons with pay and reward systems for similar jobs in the public sector, as well as in the private sector." | "I will want the review to look at comparisons with pay and reward systems for similar jobs in the public sector, as well as in the private sector." |
| More than £157,000 was shared last year by 19 senior staff in the Office of the First and Deputy First Ministers. | More than £157,000 was shared last year by 19 senior staff in the Office of the First and Deputy First Ministers. |
| Click here for a breakdown of bonuses for other Executive departments | Click here for a breakdown of bonuses for other Executive departments |
| "Interest in such matters is inevitable against the background of the difficult economic climate and the position of other employees, particularly in the private sector," said Mr Dodds. | "Interest in such matters is inevitable against the background of the difficult economic climate and the position of other employees, particularly in the private sector," said Mr Dodds. |
| "I think therefore that now is the right time for the devolved administration in Northern Ireland to conduct its own independent review of future pay arrangements for its senior civil servants." | "I think therefore that now is the right time for the devolved administration in Northern Ireland to conduct its own independent review of future pay arrangements for its senior civil servants." |