Pay row is holding up rural scheme jobs in Galway

By Mark Walsh

UP to 29 Rural Social Scheme jobs in Galway East will not be filled until supervisors get a rise in pay.
Eight supervisors were catering for 156 places on the RSS up until January of this year, when Minister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar announced there would be a further 33 places given to Galway East.
So far, only four of those have been filled and taken on by the supervisors. This means each supervisor now has 20 people on the scheme under their watch, and they want a pay rise before they take on the extra numbers due to the strain it will put on their workload.

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