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His views on Government monopolies and policy, quangos, unions and public service are thought provoking.
I have experienced private industry and the public service in working life and recently finished on a PPP.... Actually burnt out partly due to the unrealistic demands made by the public servants involved e.g. No understanding of budgetery control except hiding from the Comptroller and Auditor General and avoiding Prime Time, Shane Ross etc.
I'll qualify my criticism by saying that I have first hand experience of dealing with fantastic front line public servants (these guys are not those civil and public servants earning big bucks!) in Social Welfare (I have witnessed the recent pressures in my local office as a customer - patience and courtesy is brilliant), Immigration (sorting out non-EU employees), nurses, teachers (best in the world - I have kids), firemen, council workers, Gardai etc.
An amusing anectdote... A relative of mine is a nurse working in a major hospital for many years. When her partner lost his well paid job, she requested returning from job sharing to full time. She was td that the other half of her job had gone! However, she is working the other half of her job, even on her ward, through agency nursing at a higher hourly rate and cost to the taxpayer! I think this illustrates at what end of the Public Service and Government policy the problems lie. We need an election!
His views on Government monopolies and policy, quangos, unions and public service are thought provoking.
I have experienced private industry and the public service in working life and recently finished on a PPP.... Actually burnt out partly due to the unrealistic demands made by the public servants involved e.g. No understanding of budgetery control except hiding from the Comptroller and Auditor General and avoiding Prime Time, Shane Ross etc.
I'll qualify my criticism by saying that I have first hand experience of dealing with fantastic front line public servants (these guys are not those civil and public servants earning big bucks!) in Social Welfare (I have witnessed the recent pressures in my local office as a customer - patience and courtesy is brilliant), Immigration (sorting out non-EU employees), nurses, teachers (best in the world - I have kids), firemen, council workers, Gardai etc.
An amusing anectdote... A relative of mine is a nurse working in a major hospital for many years. When her partner lost his well paid job, she requested returning from job sharing to full time. She was td that the other half of her job had gone! However, she is working the other half of her job, even on her ward, through agency nursing at a higher hourly rate and cost to the taxpayer! I think this illustrates at what end of the Public Service and Government policy the problems lie. We need an election!