Quote from: dec on April 07, 2024, 05:57:10 PMQuote from: weareros on April 07, 2024, 05:23:30 PMAre all teachers, doctors and nurses in the South regarded as public sector?Quote from: Ed Ricketts on April 07, 2024, 03:58:20 PMQuote from: weareros on April 07, 2024, 02:16:10 PMDublin has pretty much created an all-island economy, kept north in EU single market, got EU to already approve unification, so that the process will be more seamless. It's building an energy connector to France, and supplying whole island with one grid. As I said, the North has to do its bit too and start reducing a 40% civil service workplace. And actually decide they are Irish become the last census was pretty lame with 29% Irish only. Are the 20% "Northern Irish only" unity supporters or Our Wee Country supporters? Would be nice to see more who see themselves as Irish. Even tne worst west Brit Free Stater knows they are Irish.
Where does that figure come from?
There are approx. 23,000 civil servants in the north - just below 3% of the workforce.
The public sector as a whole is about ten times larger, but still comes in at only ~27% of the workforce up here.
Meant public sector which is almost half the private sector workforce (220,000 to 595,000) compared to the South 350,000 to 2,300,000. 27% overall, correct there Ed.
That is just not sustainable in a UI and it's up to the North to ready itself for unity too and start changing that ratio.
Yes. However I don't know what all the extra public servants are actually doing in the North. It's not in education or nursing because republic has 5x more teachers and 4x more Nurses for a population of 5m versus 1.9m.