Comments on: The Dog-Licence People

By: ferdia2010

ferdia2010 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:11:34 +0000

Bock I think you are getting s.t.v mixed with pr. correct me if I'm wrong …

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:06:39 +0000

elle; I hope you've made some progress in the meantime but I still recommend you at least speak with a solicitor and find out what your rights and options are; it shouldn't cost you anything to get their advice.

I agree with you Bock that there are civil servants out there doing a good job; but unfotunately they're the few; case in point, elle's situation. I'm sure the retards responsible for this cock-up aren't particularly well-paid but it's a symptom of the overall problem; do you think any of these muppets will ever get fired for their gross incompetence? Of course not. Do you think they deserve to have their jobs with an attitude like they have? I don't. What about the person running the office – will they ever be taken to task for allowing their staff to consistently fuck up? I doubt it. I can't ever recall knowing anyone who knew anyone who got fired from their Civil Service job, no matter how bad they were at it. That's the big problem at the moment. They are too entrenched to touch.

They should be getting rid of people who are incompetent, extraneous wastes of money instead of the lower paid ranks who (invariably) are doing the brunt of the work. But whilst the Unions have a strangle-hold , and whilst we private sector workers continue to applaud their "good fight" that will never happen. We need to break them down, tear them apart, sort the wheat from the chaff and then put them back together again so that they can do what they were originally designed to do; protect worker's rights, not line their pockets.

By: Bock

Bock — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:16:09 +0000

I don't think so either. I think it's about rich and poor. It's about privilege and wealth being protected, and it's about the fact that the government has deliberately engineered a split between workers to distract from the gigantic theft of NAMA.

By: norma

norma — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:59:44 +0000

I don't think it's about public or private sectors and the persistent chanting of same only serves to make the divide bigger, Its all about the people, the workers, from both sectors, it's a sad and frightening reality that the social welfare costs are at app 21 billion and the healthcare budget is app 14.9 bil, does it make any sense ?
Its the strategy that counts now, cuts where they can be productive, everyone is making cuts, everyone i know is in survival mode, public and private.
" there is a limit at which forebearance ceases to be a virtue " Edmund Burke.

By: Bock

Bock — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:45:23 +0000

That list isn't exhaustive. I could think of a lot more. For example, I could mention the committed and professional teachers I know who care deeply about their students. And I could mention the good ones in the police who put up with endless shit in a filthy job. Or the prison officers who live under threat from horrible skobes every working day of their lives.

I could mention the social workers who try to band-aid our crumbling society.

I could mention people in gentler areas, such as the librarians who will order that book for you, or the lifeguards who'll watch out for you, and I could mention many more.

This post wasn't just about the public service in Ireland. It was about the bullshit that invades every corner of the country, both public and private. If people would like to replace public service with private enterprise, they'd better be ready for the consequences.

By: Ouch!

Ouch! — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:41:34 +0000

Good post Bock, Hope you sort out your documents Elle, they are a shower of gobshites no doubt about it, (apart from the ones mentioned by Bock in above comments) Some are of actual service to us and we need them, its the ones we don't necessarily need are the ones i'd like to see be given the boot.
The same thing happened me a few years ago, and after all the "What did ye do with my passport and bank info?" I had to reapply for it again, luckily getting it the day before I was to fly out on hols.

By: Bock

Bock — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:56:12 +0000

What about the people who run the water-purification plants? Or the people who operate the sewage works? Don't forget the guys who chase illegal dumpers, or the workers who keep the public parks clean. What about the Coastguard, or the people who hang on cables from rescue helicopters? The guys who round up dangerous dogs? The home help who cleans up for your sick relative? The physiotherapist who gets them back on their feet after a trip or a fall? The army?

Are they all wasters?

By: C'est La Craic

C'est La Craic — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:09:39 +0000

The problem is that the wasters hide behind those people, often holding them to randsom. "If you cut our bloated salaries then you have to cut theirs".
I think we should make a distinction between normal bureaucratic civil servents and essential services like hospitals, fire brigades and god help us, even the gardai.

By: Bock

Bock — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:14:01 +0000

Apart from wasters, the unions were also marching to protect the people who might cut me out of my car, keep me alive on the way to hospital, stitch me back together and teach me to walk again. And the people who might risk their lives to take our children out of a burning bedroom.

By: C'est La Craic

C'est La Craic — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:18:14 +0000

How do you think Cowen got where he is today. Not to mention his innumerous RTE Guide competition entry forms which he rarely boasts about. If anything, he's over qualified for the position.