Google told me...Who are the members of the Commission for Taxation and Welfare? Google doesn't tell me.
Who are the members of the Commission for Taxation and Welfare?
recommendations that are, de-facto, binding on the State
How were they appointed? What Dáil committee did they go before for a public hearing before they are appointed?This excellent contributor to Askaboutmoney gives his assessment of the individual members and their suitability.
Commission on Welfare and Taxation
The Commission on Welfare and Taxation was set up last year and is due to report to the Government by July next year. It's tasked to; the Commission of Taxation and Welfare is being established to independently consider how best the taxation and welfare systems can support economic activity and...www.askaboutmoney.com
Fair enough, I couldn't find it.Google told me...
LMGTFY - Let Me Google That For You
For all those people who find it more convenient to bother you with their question rather than to Google it for themselves.lmgtfy.app
When it comes to recommendations about pay increases and spending public money they seem to be de-facto."de-facto" means "in effect". You seem to think it means "not remotely" ?
The biggest problem with these Commissions is that their recommendations are not that influential.
They are not a waste of time. But they take a long-time to be implemented.
It would be a great study to see how effective they are.
The Kenny Report was in 1973 and apparently, its recommendations were not implemented and are still valid!
Three decades after the Kenny report recommended that building land should be compulsorily acquired by local authorities for 25 per cent more than its agricultural value, the All-Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution says that's exactly what we should be doing, writes Frank McDonald, Environment Editor
Brendan
I don't understand.Can you find a similar link for the Labour Court?
Administrative Structure of the Labour Court
The workings of the Labour Court are supported by an administrative service staffed by civil servants. The service is divided into 3 administrative sections - Programming, Secretariat and General Administration.
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There is a list of members. There is no bio of the members and when I do a Google search I get almost nothing about them. I can't know how they they are selected or vetted.I don't understand.
What do you mean by "members" of the Labour Court?
Isn't it run by civil servants?
Appointments to state boards are made as provided for by the relevant legislation. For example, appointments to the the Labout Court are made by the Minister pursuant to the Industrial Relations Act 1946. The appointment will be specified in a statutory instrument; these are circulated to Oireachtas members before they take effect. The SI is then published in the Iris Oifiguil.There are multiple boards and bodies that advise the Government and make recommendations that are, de-facto, binding on the State but the membership of those boards is far from transparent.
Is it appropriate that hundreds of million in State spending should be allocated and significant policy decisions should be made by bodies with no public accountability and very limited visibility?
The group that Kieran Mulvey headed wasn't a State Board, it was a "Review group" but they spend a third of a billion of public money.Appointments to state boards are made as provided for by the relevant legislation
Usually they hide behind such groups in the hope that we don't vote them out. It's that deflection of political responsibility that concerns me.The Government don't have to accept or listen to the responses from an advisory group, ultimately they decide and we vote in (or out) the people who do decide.
Or they can set the terms of references in such a way to give the answer they wanted in the first placeUsually they hide behind such groups in the hope that we don't vote them out. It's that deflection of political responsibility that concerns me.
But we only hear the tune, we don't see the players or who is actually choosing the tune.That's usually the way of things - whoever pays the piper, chooses the tune
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