How can it have no employees? According to Tommy Brougham TD, €50 million had been spent on this non-project up to the end of 2009, and not a single integrated ticket has been produced.
Just for the record, this board has no employees. It consists of representatives from other public and private sector bodies.
How can it have no employees? According to Tommy Brougham TD, €50 million had been spent on this non-project up to the end of 2009, and not a single integrated ticket has been produced.
Why do we, as a small island with a tiny population, have a department of health, and also a HSE?
Why do we, as a small island with a tiny population....... have a load of agencies
Why do we, as a small island with a tiny population, have a department of health, and also a HSE?
What I think is that we pay a whole hell of a lot more talkers and excuse makers than we need. I'd think differently if the service was world class.Do you think doctors and nurses are best qualified to formulate policy, and at the same time do you believe civil servants are the best qualified to deliver front line services in terms of the health system.
The board is made up of senior members of the RPA, NTA, and probably the public and private transport operators that will be using the scheme.
I wouldn't expect the media to pick up on these things but I would expect the governments PR machine and spin doctors to be doing everything they can to highlight how well they are doing. Instead you have pretty much silence over things like the expense scandal of Callely; I doubt he is the only one with "inaccurate" expenses. When the expense scandal broke in the UK, Cowen was asked if there would be a similar enquiry into expenses here. His answer was a simple "No".Do you think the articles on 'Govt agency does quite a nice job on something' will get through the Indo's sub-editing?
Of course, you get all the bad news in the media. That doesn't mean that the other 99% of the public sector isn't quitely keeping its head down and providing decent public services. Please let's not run the country based on the Sunday Indo's headlines.
Yes indeed, especially when you compare the cost of running the health service here with costs in other countries.What I think is that we pay a whole hell of a lot more talkers and excuse makers than we need. I'd think differently if the service was world class.
Yeah, €50m for lots of talk. Must have been nice places they were doing the talking.Right. Maybe that's why they've spent so much and produced so little.
Right. Maybe that's why they've spent so much and produced so little.