The influential Planning Group, headed by the Vice-Provost Patrick Prendergast, has recommended a 5% reduction in pay and non-pay expenditure across the three College faculties in 2011.
The Planning Group was established to manage implementation of the College’s Strategic Plan and includes some of the College’s most senior officers.
The published minutes of the most recent College Board meeting show that the Planning Group report included a proposal to “reduce pay and non-pay costs by 5% in 2011, in addition to savings already achieved” to deal with a projected deficit in the College’s funding.
This would be achieved through either pay cuts or staff reductions in addition to those already required by the Government as part of the recruitment moratorium.
Unions have cautioned against any moves to cut pay, their members having already had their pay reduced by between 5 and 10 per cent. Speaking to the University Times, Mike Jennings of the Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) warned that it would be “completely and utterly unacceptable … if Trinity has any ambition to implement cuts above and beyond those already in place” and that IFUT members would resist any further cuts.
The College did not respond to requests for comment.
