Branches are still making operating profits.
You would not expect these sacrificial lambs who have taken the brunt of sins committed by senior management to leave empty handed? At worst, they would be entitled to statutory redundancy which is the law. Think of the PRSI etc. which has been paid by these officials over the years.
No problem with statutory redundancy. No problem with more than that But why should a bank that is bankrupt pay staff more than that when the money they will use is taxpayers. I'd prefer them to pay back the exchequer. I think the boss has an inordinate amount of cheek to suggest anything else. And as someone whose taxes is going into that bank I'd like to be consulted first. And of all banks AIB. Nothing ever changes.
A master class in the construction of false dichotomies there Bronte.Ireland is really really sick. We can afford to pay Grant Thornton fees of 1.7 million, we can seemingly pay off the AIB's debts so it is effectively state owned and the staff who brought that bank to it's knees are to be paid up to 10 weeks extra leave, but we cut home carer's allowance, prevent people having operations on time, destroy their lives, if in power hire family members, award pay rises in the semi states, threaten strike action at the very mention of a slight change in work practice in well paid jobs in the old national airline, part state owned, we can threaten to cut the extra Sunday pay for the lowest pay workers and it's all tickedy boo.
Ireland is so fundamentally rotton, uncaring and hateful to it's citizens.
Not one person has been charged, never mind brought to court or convicted of any crime. The accountants and lawyers with the nod of the political class are straddled over the carcas of collapsed Irish business eating it's very young, devouring every last morsal with relish, ensuring that they will get richer, dropping intelligent sound bites of how we need cuts while they insulate themselves and legally put the bill on those with nothing and those with nothing who will have even less. We might as well have Gadaffi here, at least he's honest, he's going to kill every man woman and child who opposes him. They're doing that in Ireland, but they don't call it genocide here or rape or pillage. But it surely is the same thing. Just slower. Is there not one person to stop this madness.
A master class in the construction of false dichotomies there Bronte.
We still have twice as many nurses as France, the best paid doctors in Europe (and the best paid consultants in the world) and teachers who are amongst the best paid in Europe. We still have the second shortest school year in the EU (after Greece) and a very short working week generally in the public sector in general and in healthcare in particular (junior doctors excluded).
What’s the solution to a lack of resources in the public sector? Easy; everyone works a 39 hour week for no extra money. All of a sudden there’s 10-15% more hours available. Problem solved. If things get worse increase it to 45 hours a week for no extra money and cut numbers by 10-15%. Of course those that are laid off would have to get their statutory redundancy but that would be a one off cost.
Given the above it’s as credible to say that delays in operations are due to the underworked and overpaid medical staff and home carers allowance is being cut due to previous pay increases in the sector that sucked money out of that area. Little Jonnie with special needs has had his supports cut because teachers took the money for themselves in pay rises. In other words I can link cause and effect to anything that suits my bias just as you can and just as any journalist can.
That clown Fintan O’Toole wrote an article in the Irish Times yesterday ([broken link removed]) suggesting that the country was rolling in money and unless we tax the rich more (you know, the 5% who already pay 50% of the income tax) then we are really just baby killers. The man knows about as much about economics as Jedward do about particle physics. We need to stop the hysterical emotive nonsense and accept that reality isn’t always nice and fairness is in the eye of the beholder.
Now I know you are on a bit of a rant here, but I think think this part goes a bit to far. Comparing the difficulties that Irish people are encountering to rape and pillage is tabloid trash. Have you ever met refugees from war zones and heard their stories first hand? I met a lot of Bosnian refugees in the 90s, and believe me, even the worst affected Irish families are living in a comparative heaven.We might as well have Gadaffi here, at least he's honest, he's going to kill every man woman and child who opposes him. They're doing that in Ireland, but they don't call it genocide here or rape or pillage. But it surely is the same thing. Just slower. Is there not one person to stop this madness.
That clown Fintan O’Toole wrote an article in the Irish Times yesterday ([broken link removed]) suggesting that the country was rolling in money and unless we tax the rich more (you know, the 5% who already pay 50% of the income tax) then we are really just baby killers. The man knows about as much about economics as Jedward do about particle physics. We need to stop the hysterical emotive nonsense and accept that reality isn’t always nice and fairness is in the eye of the beholder.
Now I know you are on a bit of a rant here, but I think think this part goes a bit to far. Comparing the difficulties that Irish people are encountering to rape and pillage is tabloid trash. Have you ever met refugees from war zones and heard their stories first hand? I met a lot of Bosnian refugees in the 90s, and believe me, even the worst affected Irish families are living in a comparative heaven.
A master class in the construction of false dichotomies there Bronte.
We still have twice as many nurses as France, the best paid doctors in Europe (and the best paid consultants in the world) and teachers who are amongst the best paid in Europe. We still have the second shortest school year in the EU .
I'll have to look up dichotomies
Just take that, more nurses than France and our health system is abysmal. The best paid doctors and nobody can afford to go seem them (except the wealthy and the poor). And 1 in 5 kids leaves school with out the 3 Rs.
Sorry for the ranting guys, but the carers programme left me disgusted.
A master class in the construction of false dichotomies there Bronte.
We still have twice as many nurses as France, the best paid doctors in Europe (and the best paid consultants in the world) and teachers who are amongst the best paid in Europe. We still have the second shortest school year in the EU (after Greece) and a very short working week generally in the public sector in general and in healthcare in particular (junior doctors excluded).
What’s the solution to a lack of resources in the public sector? Easy; everyone works a 39 hour week for no extra money. All of a sudden there’s 10-15% more hours available. Problem solved. If things get worse increase it to 45 hours a week for no extra money and cut numbers by 10-15%. Of course those that are laid off would have to get their statutory redundancy but that would be a one off cost.
Given the above it’s as credible to say that delays in operations are due to the underworked and overpaid medical staff and home carers allowance is being cut due to previous pay increases in the sector that sucked money out of that area. Little Jonnie with special needs has had his supports cut because teachers took the money for themselves in pay rises. In other words I can link cause and effect to anything that suits my bias just as you can and just as any journalist can.
That clown Fintan O’Toole wrote an article in the Irish Times yesterday ([broken link removed]) suggesting that the country was rolling in money and unless we tax the rich more (you know, the 5% who already pay 50% of the income tax) then we are really just baby killers. The man knows about as much about economics as Jedward do about particle physics. We need to stop the hysterical emotive nonsense and accept that reality isn’t always nice and fairness is in the eye of the beholder.
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