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Ballot on Public Service Agreement (2010-2014)
| Number of Ballots Issued: | 10,122 | |
Number of Ballots Returned: | 6,711 |
Spoiled Votes: | 6 | |
Total Valid Poll: | 6,705 | (66%) |
Votes in Favour: | 4,507 | (67%) |
Votes Against: | 2,198 | (33%) |
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What is the PSEU?
The Public Service Executive Union is the Trade Union for
Executive Grades in the Civil Service and the wider public sector. The Union was formed
in 1890 and has 10,000 members in the Civil Service, Eircom, An Post, the National Lottery, the
Commissioners of Irish Lights, the Irish Aviation Authority, the Health
and Safety Authority, the National Pensions Board and FAS and is the Union
recognised for negotiation purposes for the Executive Grades in these
employments
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Where are our members?
PSEU members are
located throughout the country (and beyond) working on a wide variety of
different jobs. They are to be found managing Computer Systems; working on
administration on issues as varied as tax collection, social welfare
services, employment, enterprise and education; in the Customs and Excise;
in the Diplomatic Service; marketing the services of An Post; running the
National Lottery and managing Eircom Services - to name but a
few.
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How is the Union run?
The PSEU is a
democratic organisation and there are no barriers to any fully paid up
member taking part in all of the Union's affairs. The
Union's Board of Management the Executive Committee is elected at the Annual Delegate Conference
by delegates appointed by the members. Branch Committees are elected by the membership in their own
Branch at Annual General Meetings of Branches.
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How much does membership cost?
Union subscriptions
are currently 0.62% of pay and gives you access to all of the Union
services.
Members of the Union are entitled to claim tax relief on Trade Union subscriptions. The relief is an annual
flat rate allowance of €300 at the standard rate of tax 20% which equates to a Tax Credit of €60. Details of how to claim
the relief can be found at:
http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/credits/trade-union-subsciptions.html
Among the services available to members are a Death Benefit and a bi-monthly Membership Prize
Draw. These are available to members free of charge.
The death benefit is €5,000. The conditions for the Death Benefit are that a person is a member of the Union
and has been a member for 12 months at the time of death.
The Membership Prize Scheme consists of a draw involving all members who have been in membership for 12 months.
The draws take place every two months.
There are fifteen prizes in each draw, the first prize is €2,000, with five prizes of €1,000, along with four
prizes of €750 and five prizes of €500.
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