Review of Quangos in Ireland

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.
 
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.

The scheme is a project that is being currently funded by the RPA and in time, will move to the NTA which has more powers. 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. Therefore it is correct to say that the board has no employees, the board members work elsewhere and this project is part of their role as employees of those other organisations
 
Why do we, as a small island with a tiny population, have a department of health, and also a HSE? And then a load of agencies such as:
Health and Children Children Acts Advisory Board 2007
Health and Children Health & Social Care Professionals Council 2007
Health and Children HIQA 2007
Health and Children National Cancer Screening Services Board 2007
Health and Children National Paediatric Hospital Development Board 2007
Health and Children National Haemophilia Council 2004
Health and Children National Treatment Purchase Fund 2004
Health and Children Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health 2004
Health and Children Mental Health Commission 2002
Health and Children Office for Tobacco Control 2002
Health and Children Crisis Pregnancy Agency 2001
Health and Children Dental Council 2001
Health and Children Health Insurance Authority 2001
Health and Children National Children's Advisory Council 2001
Health and Children Pre Hospital Emergency Care Council 2000
Health and Children Food Safety Consultative Council 2000
Health and Children Scientific Committee of the Food Safety Authority 2000
Health and Children Food Safety Authority of Ireland 1999
Health and Children Food Safety Promotion Board 1999
Health and Children Institute of Public Health 1999
Health and Children National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery 1999
Health and Children St Luke's Hospital Board 1999
Health and Children National Childcare Coordinating Committee 1999?

And despite all this, we have a turd of a health service.
 
Why do we, as a small island with a tiny population....... have a load of agencies

The answer to this is in their title.

Why do we, as a small island with a tiny population, have a department of health, and also a HSE?

The Dep of Health and Children adpots policy and implements it. The HSE manages and delivers it.

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.
 
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.
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.
 
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.

Right. Maybe that's why they've spent so much and produced so little.
 
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.
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".

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.
Yes indeed, especially when you compare the cost of running the health service here with costs in other countries.

Right. Maybe that's why they've spent so much and produced so little.
Yeah, €50m for lots of talk. Must have been nice places they were doing the talking.
 
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