Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Should cycling lobby groups be subsidised by the state?

2»

Comments

  • #32
    galwaycyclist
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,912 ✭✭✭galwaycyclist


    el tonto wrote: »
    See, I thought you've been arguing all along that the cycling lobby should be entitled to state funding?

    No I have been arguing that progress will be difficult to achieve without a funded cycling lobby with full time staff. I stated that state funding might be one way of achieving this. State funding would also have its pitfalls and I would be very wary of the basis on which such funding would be accepted. My preference would be if Bill Gates appeared with his cheque book, or somebody left their house to us rather than the cats and dogs home.


  • #33
    skidaroo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭skidaroo


    Doctor Bob wrote: »
    Um, Ciarán Fallon, Dublin City Council's Cycling Officer, might beg to differ.

    Sarah Danaher in Cork too.

    I am not sure if Sarah Danaher is being specifically paid to look after cyclists interests. She is not a cycling officer, just someone who works in the Transportation Division in Cork City Council who happens to cycle daily to work and other places...
    So occasionally people direct cycling questions to her and sometimes she gets asked to work on cycling related projects. In reality responsiblity for working on cycling issues and infrastructure is divided between many different people working in the local authority and they don't all know what each other is doing on cycling related matters all the time....


Advertisement