Joe Behan... Hang your head in shame...

[greengoose]

finite resources lead to difficult choices;

That is nonsense in the light of the frightful waste by Government! The resources are being mismanaged. Simple as that.

There should be ample funds if the cash was wisely spent and while we are at it do we need so many quangos, ministers etc?

[ivnryn]

That is nonsense in the light of the frightful waste by Government! The resources are being mismanaged. Simple as that.

There should be ample funds if the cash was wisely spent and while we are at it do we need so many quangos, ministers etc?

Even if they were spent with 100% efficiency, there would still need to be difficult decisions.

Ofc, you do get questions like "should we provide the vacine and cut wages/reduce staff or keep wages at the current level?" and the 'right' answer is not always given.

[smitchy2]

Even if they were spent with 100% efficiency, there would still need to be difficult decisions.

Ofc, you do get questions like "should we provide the vacine and cut wages/reduce staff or keep wages at the current level?" and the 'right' answer is not always given.

There is difficult decisions to be made (mainly due to terrible planning). The focus on these decisions are certainly in the wrong areas.

[greengoose]

Even if they were spent with 100% efficiency, there would still need to be difficult decisions.

Ofc, you do get questions like "should we provide the vacine and cut wages/reduce staff or keep wages at the current level?" and the 'right' answer is not always given.

Dear me! Reduce staff which should not have been engaged in the first place?

These are examples of mismagement.

When the HSE was set up employment increased...

[Defeated Romanticist]

I must admit this is comic. Gold cards for millionaires but nothing for anyone else.

[Keith-M]

Climate change is occurring, no-one except the 'feeble-minded' disputes it. The controversy is over whether it is substantialy driven by human activity or not.

That's what I mean, see the context in which I posted. The global climate changes and it's nothing new. We had "global warming" which ended the ice age, and man had nothing to do with it.

Perhaps we should postpone tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines for kids too, and the elderly are going to die soon anyway so let's stop this weak-minded flu-jab nonsense too.

Totally different situation. These are diseases which impact a much higher portion of people and the vaccines are relativly cheap. As has been reported elsewhere the screening for cervical cancer is continuing and in terms of "bang for the buck", THAT is where the money needs to go.

Once again the opposition is gettin people fretting unnecessarily and the government at doing a poor job on communicating their priorities.

[hiding behind a poster]

Perhaps he believes (like most people I talk to) that with limited resources you need to channel money into people who are already sick rather a small portion of those who may be sick maybe someday.

So should we also stop giving the flu vaccine to the elderly every winter?

[hiding behind a poster]

How many 12 year old girls do you think will become sexually active in the next year?
FFS, take some time to actually consider the reality of the position rather than the Enda Kenny and Labour inspired hyperbole. Would you cut screening for women at risk, in favour vacinating 12 year old? Please get a grip. The money will be found in next years budget, with no discernable damage.

So why was Harney originally in favour of introducing it this year?

[NM_123]

That's what I mean, see the context in which I posted. The global climate changes and it's nothing new. We had "global warming" which ended the ice age, and man had nothing to do with it.

The IPCC has clearly demonstrated how mankind has nearly irrecovably altered the climate. Their decades of meta-analysis sits on top of further decades of scientific studies that clearly illustrate the manner by which we are heating the planet.

Your patent inability to understand climate change is only surpassed by the sheer incongruity of your trill chirping.