I'm not in the public service - so I don't know how the 'system works'. I don't really follow politics either. But I am become increasingly dumbstruck on how we pay our managers to run the country. They are more formally known as Ministers for (insert department) & our civil servants.... but I refer to call them managers.... they are paid to manage Ireland Inc & are not doing a good job!
In the private sector, if a manager cannot account for what spend they are responsible for then they are shown the door. If they cannot effectively project or plan for the future then likewise.
Managers also need to manage expenditure - keep their house in order.
So why havn't out managers being doing this?
Over the last few years, Ireland Inc made buckets of money & our managers squadered it on electronic voting machines & subsequent storage of the equipment, allowed unquestioned spending levels in the likes of FAS & gave themselves nice payrises last year..... the list goes on.
Why oh why don't our managers lead by example &.........
- take significant pay cuts themselves (not just token levels)
- clamp down on department expendature (like massive allowances for posting out crap to their constituents)
- use the government jet for critical needs (as opposed to €8k per hour when flippantly used)
- cut high pensions for prev managers who although left the parties but returned to their own businesses or the private sector
- cut down on the number of managers - the amount we have in proportion to the UK for example is much higher
......... seems kinda obvious.....
In the private sector, if a manager cannot account for what spend they are responsible for then they are shown the door. If they cannot effectively project or plan for the future then likewise.
Managers also need to manage expenditure - keep their house in order.
So why havn't out managers being doing this?
Over the last few years, Ireland Inc made buckets of money & our managers squadered it on electronic voting machines & subsequent storage of the equipment, allowed unquestioned spending levels in the likes of FAS & gave themselves nice payrises last year..... the list goes on.
Why oh why don't our managers lead by example &.........
- take significant pay cuts themselves (not just token levels)
- clamp down on department expendature (like massive allowances for posting out crap to their constituents)
- use the government jet for critical needs (as opposed to €8k per hour when flippantly used)
- cut high pensions for prev managers who although left the parties but returned to their own businesses or the private sector
- cut down on the number of managers - the amount we have in proportion to the UK for example is much higher
......... seems kinda obvious.....