DCC bin collection highlights the madness at the heart of the CPA

[partnership]

This is just the start of outsourcing the public services and no it will not be a better service or cheaper done by a private company. It is part of the government agenda to downsize the public service, brought on by FF and their media cronies who started the campaign 2 years ago. The gullible public have bought into all of this, this forum is full of people looking for jobs to go int he public sector - well if you get what you wish for you will regret it. I know that the jobs are not gone yet they will be redeployed to other areas where vacancies exist because they are not recruiting staff but sooner or later they will start getting rid of the jobs as well.

[greengoose2]

Three words, water meter installation.

When they have finished the three word task they could move to Beaumont Hospital for a bit of brain surgery. Would bring down the trolley numbers...

[deepness]

What was the cost annually when DCC were collecting bins? Its been private operators around here for years

[bluefirelog]

What was the cost annually when DCC were collecting bins? Its been private operators around here for years

I don't know, but I read that they couldn't break even (maybe because of all the waivers?), so that's why they had to let it go...

[Harmonica]

A question that has not arose yet is what happens in the event of a strike at the Greyhound company? There will no capacity for the local authority to react to a build up of rubbish in the event of a strike.

AFAIK you are free to purchase waste collection from any private operator. Greyhound do not have a monopoly. I believe DCC have been making losses on this service for years which means other tax & rate payers are subsidising DCC waste collection customers.

[mr. jings]

nice of them to change the collection days in the Barn. tossers.

[Will Yam]

Plus they were getting an extra €60 a week for working in the 'cleansing' department and that they will have to be given under the CPA of 1.5 years of this payment to buy it out i.e. they are getting compensated for a payment that they no longer qualify for!

A question that has not arose yet is what happens in the event of a strike at the Greyhound company? There will no capacity for the local authority to react to a build up of rubbish in the event of a strike.

Are you seriously suggesting that these guys would come out if there was a strike at Greyhound?

If Mickey Mouse appeared with a pickets these guys wouldnt pass it

[human 19]

A quick search for residential waste collection Dublin gives:

https://www.accesswaste.com/webclient/splashpage
I cant post pics but their main page states "due to the restructuring of residential waste services in Dublin, signup of new residential customers has been postponed until Spring 2012"
240L black binE9, 240L Green bin = E3

also
Cheap Domestic Waste Services Dublin | Thorntons Recycling
No mention of a sign-up freeze

also

Greenstar - about greenstar
Greenstar provides household waste and recycling services to over 70,000 household customers in eleven counties nationwide including Cork, Dublin, Waterford city and county, Wexford, Wicklow, Sligo, Donegal, Kilkenny.

Im sure their are others

So if you are extremely peed off now, just think how happy you will be when you tell Greyhound where to gohttp://www.politics.ie/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif

[PUFF DADDY]

I heard a bin man on whineline earlier, moaning that anyone who joined up after the 70s now does not get a lump sum of 40k at retirement, but just gets a 400e pension a wk, please tell me that this is the only pension that they get and not the state pension as well ???

[Picasso Republic]

Greyhound will only continue with the service if they make a profit - therefore one can only agree with not continuing to support loss making non-transparent DCC activities.

The fact that the employees were not transferred to Greyhound gives an idea of the employees Ts & Cs

Now - when is that incinerator being fired up?