Budget 2010 (1 Viewer)

[Froog]

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/1208/breaking4.htm

 

[mark]

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[MDR]

I got a phone call from a member of the public this morning:

"Hi, I just wanted to find out what's in tomorrow's budget".

 

[Froog]

here's the pretty decent irish times mini site, presume there'll be some kind of live blog tommorow:

http://www.irishtimes.com/indepth/budget2010/

 

[ann post]

is this budget for the public or private sector??

 

[Froog]

lol wut?

 

[ratmonkey]

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[ann post]

hucknall has a holiday home in donegal. must ask him for a sub.

 

[ann post]

lol wut?

well i thought the plan is that the public sector would fight with the private sector for two months and the winner got the budget. did i miss an important post??

 

[ratmonkey]

In fairness to Hucknall, Blood and Fire did put out some decent stuff.

 

[therealjohnny]

hucknall has a holiday home in donegal. must ask him for a sub.

How ginger-headed, freckly, pasty faced Mick Hucknall is going to move unnoticed among the locals is beyond me

 

[Napalm]

Looks like the drink is going to get cheaper...

 

[washingcattle]

Looks like the drink is going to get cheaper...

I'll believe this when I'm shit faced and paying for a kebab with change from a twenty.

 

[shower another shower]

Sure, it's near enough a score for a kebab at Zaytoon, anyway.

 

[washingcattle]

Not in Hot Chilli. The only business I fully endorse.

http://www.yelp.ie/biz/hot-chilli-dublin

Why their day time meal deals are second to none.

and the taste cannot be beat.

I'd love to stay online and chat but I have a craving for some Hot Chilli kebab right now.


It's the food equivilant of heroin.

=

 

[taubstumm]

YouTube- Simply Red - Money's Too Tight (To Mention)

http://www.realone.org/joel/flash/bunny.swf

 

[billygannon]

Just going through what TDs and the Taoiseach earn.

Comparing it to Westminster:

A TD is represents 27,000 people and earn about €96K (GBP£86K).

An MP in Westminster represents 92,000 people and earn about GBP£65K (€71K).

Per person this works out as follows:
In the UK - 77c
In Ireland - €3.55

So it could be suggested that TDs in Dáil Eireann are earning 4 times the amount that their Westminister counterparts are earning.

The Dáil should be reduced in size and TDs should be paid less. It's actually fair to suggest that the number of TDs should be halved from 166 to 83.
That way a TD would represent about 54,000 people.

Sure it's just a drop in the ocean but it's absolutely ridiculous that they're expecting regular civil servants to take pay cuts when they're just creaming money off the system.

Even if it is just a symbolic gesture, the salary of TDs should be cut by half.

 

[Froog]

just read here: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/1209/breaking4.htm that retired public servants get up to 70% of their salaries and this will remain so after the budget. isn't the going rate in the private sector 50% or something?

 

[Froog]

Just going through what TDs and the Taoiseach earn.

Comparing it to Westminster:

A TD is represents 27,000 people and earn about €96K (GBP£86K).

An MP in Westminster represents 92,000 people and earn about GBP£65K (€71K).

Per person this works out as follows:
In the UK - 77c
In Ireland - €3.55

So it could be suggested that TDs in Dáil Eireann are earning 4 times the amount that their Westminister counterparts are earning.

The Dáil should be reduced in size and TDs should be paid less. It's actually fair to suggest that the number of TDs should be halved from 166 to 83.
That way a TD would represent about 54,000 people.

Sure it's just a drop in the ocean but it's absolutely ridiculous that they're expecting regular civil servants to take pay cuts when they're just creaming money off the system.

Even if it is just a symbolic gesture, the salary of TDs should be cut by half.

not defending TD's salaries or anything, but not sure about this "dividing by number of people served" rationale. surely there is many other factors to consider when comparing countries, cost of living etc.

 

[pete]

just read here: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/1209/breaking4.htm that retired public servants get up to 70% of their salaries and this will remain so after the budget. isn't the going rate in the private sector 50% or something?

that's retired public servants who retired with 40 years service. less service = less pension. no idea how many retirees have the full 40 years.