Something smells with the DCC and Greyhound waste collecton joke "service"

[Baztard]

Don't know the full story to be honest but a couple of things strike me on this issue seeing as so many threads on this site seem to attack the public sector and fawn over the efficiencies of the private sector and how great everything would be in ireland if we just left it to the private sector.

1. Perhaps it is the case that an inflexible. lazy inefficient public sector DCC waste employees made it impossible for DCC to continue to provide the service without wasting taxpayers money by contining to make a loss running the service, so enjoy the private sector service....lol

2. Welcome to the world of private sector waste colection, enjoy......

[venusian]

Data protection is getting out of control, it's becoming a crank's charter. If I lose my bin card (why would I, as it never needs to leave my house?) the worst thing that can happen is that someone finds my address. Or heaven forbid, actually tops up my credit.

I would respectfully suggest that you learn a liitle bit more about Data Protection and the secure use of the internet because if you genuinely believe that is all that can happen if someone gains control of your online account on a service like or similar to Greyhound you will be in for a nasty surprise.

WHat a jolly jape it would be for a kiddie hacker with access to your account information to XXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXX by doing XXXXXXXX XXXX with XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX details XXXXXXXXXXXXX frequently XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX account XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX euros XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX and then XXXXXXX to amuse one and all!

[venusian]

Don't know the full story to be honest but a couple of things strike me on this issue seeing as so many threads on this site seem to attack the public sector and fawn over the efficiencies of the private sector and how great everything would be in ireland if we just left it to the private sector.

1. Perhaps it is the case that an inflexible. lazy inefficient public sector DCC waste employees made it impossible for DCC to continue to provide the service without wasting taxpayers money by contining to make a loss running the service, so enjoy the private sector service....lol

2. Welcome to the world of private sector waste colection, enjoy......

Sad thing is, it highlights how outstandingly bad public sector management is, due to the total incompetence of the people at the top in DCC for making and creating such of a disasterous handover. The incompetence demonstrated would result in sackings in the private sector of the management involved, with an inquiry into the deal that was done.

Instead you have jumped up unelected city officials making a total pigs ear of it (public sector "management"). It also demonstrates how the people who are in senior management positions in DCC are not up to the job, perhaps if they had decent management experience, basically be good managers, they would have been capable of running a public service within budget instead of failing to do so, the result was a too hasty sell -off to the private sector with scant regard for the citizens of Dublin, data protection and especially the absymal way the former DCC waste collectors have been treated.

No real progress will be made until the city manager has to be elected by the citizens of Dublin into his or her position.

[zippo222]

Stench as rubbish firm wins - Business - Independent.ie


[Last year, after I became aware of the earlier award of South Dublin Co Council's gig to Greyhound, I wrote to the council protesting that they were unfit to handle the contract. I had a good reason. Greyhound had already won the lotto -- for the first time -- a few years ago. They had already milked a semi-state body of lashings of taxpayers' loot. It emerged in an Oireachtas Transport Committee enquiry that Greyhound's behaviour over an earlier contract with CIE's Iarnrod Eireann was disgraceful.

Greyhound had overcharged Iarnrod Eireann. Under questioning, Iarnrod Eireann boss Dick Fearn admitted that: "Basically the money charged [by Greyhound] did not tally with the actual work done." Ouch.

He went on to say that there were "discrepancies between the amount invoiced and the actual work done". Ouch, ouch.]

[venusian]

[QUOTE=zippo222;4936428]Stench as rubbish firm wins - Business - Independent.ie

He went on to say that there were "discrepancies between the amount invoiced and the actual work done". Ouch, ouch.][/I]

Any why was Ernest and young given the onerous task of finding a waste company for DCC?

"Apparently, this versatile company was selected by a well-known firm of buccaneers in suits, a company that disgraced itself as auditor to Anglo Irish Bank. Indeed it lost the Anglo audit after its failure to spot the sudden transfer of chairman Sean FitzPatrick's multi-million loans out of Anglo's books into the books of Irish Nationwide -- every year-end for eight years. Quite a faux pas from Ernst & Young. They should be in the State's doghouse. Instead, the same blue-blood auditors are creaming off State work."

Something smells bigtime !

[greengoose2]

So, after mature reflection I have decided to let Greyhound take a running jump! I phoned the Ringsend Recycling Centre and they tell me that I may, for the handsome sum of €4 bring along my 80 litre black bin sack! I will need coins apparently. Now if enough people did that they would run those chancers off!

I then contacted them for the removal of their bins from my property.

[Spanner Island]

[QUOTE=venusian;4939277]

Stench as rubbish firm wins - Business - Independent.ie



Any why was Ernest and young given the onerous task of finding a waste company for DCC?

"Apparently, this versatile company was selected by a well-known firm of buccaneers in suits, a company that disgraced itself as auditor to Anglo Irish Bank. Indeed it lost the Anglo audit after its failure to spot the sudden transfer of chairman Sean FitzPatrick's multi-million loans out of Anglo's books into the books of Irish Nationwide -- every year-end for eight years. Quite a faux pas from Ernst & Young. They should be in the State's doghouse. Instead, the same blue-blood auditors are creaming off State work."

Something smells bigtime !

It ain't the doghouse those parasites should be in.

[zippo222]

Up to 18,000 Dublin bins won’t be collected from Thursday – warning - National News - Independent.ie


[DUBLIN is facing a bin crisis as up to 18,000 households have been informed that their rubbish will not be collected from Thursday, because they have not signed up to a new private waste service.]

[smitchy2]

Just about to start the greyhound service.
I like the fact they are going to weight the bins and charge you accordingly.
Only way to make the masses think about how to manage their waste.

I will reserve my judgement of greyhound on how the next few months go.

[dingbat]

Just about to start the greyhound service.
I like the fact they are going to weight the bins and charge you accordingly.
Only way to make the masses think about how to manage their waste.

I will reserve my judgement of greyhound on how the next few months go.

I wish you well. So far my experience has been awful.

Their hubris in insisting that they had not missed a single collection was staggering, let alone that they explicitly blamed the customers for it!