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About LinkBacksIt does smack of cronyism I agree. I'm willing to have an open mind on it though if someone can demonstrate their skills and the job in question match.Originally Posted by Supermanpolitician
It does smack of cronyism I agree. I'm willing to have an open mind on it though if someone can demonstrate their skills and the job in question match.
"Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense." - Chapman Cohen.
Yeah, a good mate of Gormley.
Its not a fulltime job. Its an oversight role. Not unlike the role of Larkin on the consumer association board, i.e. show up to meetings in plush hotels and get a load of expenses for doing it. It also gives the power to award contracts to other friends.
just looked up the Annual report 2008 of PTRB,
Interesting.
Vincent Martin was appointed to the Board on 30.6.08 originally - later it transpired that he was not eligible for appt as a sitting member of a council and all decisions taken by meetings he attended (and also another person who was a councillor) had to be re-examined in case of a later legal challenge.
As Mr Martin is not a councillor now, he is eligible for appt - though as the existing board is full of legal people, his own legal qualifications are not in short supply there. And as a barrister, he was clearly unfamiliar with the legislation governing the PRTB or he would have known he could not be appointed in 2008.
Board members do well - meeting turn up rates in 2008 €218 and €387 daily rate for attending dispute meeting or tribunal (higher rates for the chariman). Also public service mileage and subsistence rates. Mr Martin being based in monaghan will do well on expenses.
Total paid to Board members in 2008 for meetings/tribunals €287,539 plus expenses. The chairman Tom Dunne received €24,818 fees in 2008. Presumably this was IN ADDITION to his fulltime salary as a lecturer at DIT?
Of course, the FF / Grianna Fail gravy train rolls on. As they cut benefits from the blind. Cunts.
Nice to see that the Greens even manage to influence FF Ministers to appoint ex-Green councillors like Caroline Burrell to state boards; Maman Poulet Green Party State Board Appointees
And that comes on top of his job at Today FM!
gormely says there a barrister and a community activist but surely they are not the only two in the country
What does the Irish President spend their time doing. Work in progress
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we need to tatally reform the system and take away from ministers/politicians the unlimited power to do this, and instead have some sort of propcess where the minister has only a proprotion of the power.
"Sometimes the best thing a government can do is simply get out of the way"-Vince Cable
Yes of course - but the problem is that like the current expenses regime, this suits all parties so they have no incentive to change it.
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