Fine Gael - Complete Waste Of Taxpayers Money!

UsernameInUse

Does the misery never end? It seems like with each passing day a new decision is made from this Government that places them in the same category as the last. Enda Kenny is a liar - he blasted Gormley for spending 120k on counting frogs - and now he is going to spend €€€€€€€ on counting toads! We were promised change, and in a way, we've got it - only now we've substituted frogs for toads. :rolleyes:

THEY promised change in government and they've delivered -- instead of counting frogs like the Green Party, Fine Gael is counting toads.

In his first month in the Department of the Environment, new minister Phil Hogan has picked up where John Gormley left off, with a study of the natterjack toad population of Ireland getting the green light.

This is despite Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore, and both their parties ridiculing the Greens for commissioning a study of the frog population in December 2009.

The new study, and the one on the frogs, had to be carried out under EU directives.

At the time, Mr Kenny asked Brian Cowen in the Dail if Mr Gormley was "hopping mad" as news of the €70,000 contract was made public at a time of economic crisis.

"Are we to see the spectre of the minister, Deputy Gormley, in his sandals tramping through the wetlands of the midlands counting frogs at dawn or dusk?" he asked.

But the Irish Independent has learned the Department of Environment last week signed a contract with a Cork-based consultancy firm for a two-year study of the natterjack population.

Neither the department nor the company, Sweeney Consultancy from Mallow, would release the value of the contract, which could run into tens of thousands of euro.

For the love of God, if you care about this little island, you'll get these people out asap.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/taoiseach-caught-on-the-hop-by-new-toad-study-2598208.html

Saila

IBTM

Guill

Is anyone suprised??

AnonoMouse

Toad you so.

G_R

i know speaking sense is frowned upon around here, but 40 or 50 thousand euro is nothing compared to the country's over all GNP.

This is really just people trying to find any reason to criticise the new government. These survey's need to be done, why not do them now.

And as for your comment "if you care about this country, get them out" or something to that effect. They have been in office for all of what, a month? Give them a chance for god's sake.

Dionysus

AnonoMouse wrote: »

Toad you so.

Ahem! According to 'It Says in the Papers' on Morning Ireland this morning one of the tabloids used that line in today's paper.

There you go, Anono; if all else fails you could have a career there.

AnonoMouse

Dionysus wrote: »

Ahem! According to 'It Says in the Papers' on Morning Ireland this morning one of the tabloids used that line in today's paper.

There you go, Anono; if all else fails you could have a career there.

Voters hopping mad?

Will coalition croak early?

Mike 1972

UsernameInUse wrote: »

a study of the natterjack toad population of Ireland

I hope they plan on ticking the "no religion box" :pac:

Dionysus

dannym08 wrote: »

i know speaking sense is frowned upon around here, but 40 or 50 thousand euro is nothing compared to the country's over all GNP.

This is really just people trying to find any reason to criticise the new government. These survey's need to be done, why not do them now.

And as for your comment "if you care about this country, get them out" or something to that effect. They have been in office for all of what, a month? Give them a chance for god's sake.

I agree with you about the 50k. However, the criticism is justified because the Blueshirts gave the last coalition government a hard time when Gormley brought in the frog thing a very short while ago. On Morning Ireland this morning they replayed excerpts of the Blueshirts getting the digs in about frogs. It just goes to show, as I've stated here numerous times: the real government of Ireland remains the civil service.

The first of very many hypocrisies from Fine Gael, I'd suggest - the corporate donations to its party being far and away the most obvious sign of Fine Gael being merely Fianna Fáilers who don't get into power often enough to show their corruption.

I'll be very happy to be proven wrong.

Dionysus

AnonoMouse wrote: »

Voters hopping mad?

Will coalition croak early?

Me mammy would love your sense of humour!

StupidLikeAFox

Holy Jesus!!!

This makes Bertie Ahern look like the Dalai Lama, thanks for bringing this to our attention OP. Let them get away with this and who knows what they'll be counting next!

GET THEM OUT NOW!!!!

biko

The new study, and the one on the frogs, had to be carried out under EU directives.

Seems they didn't have much choice?

AnonoMouse

Dionysus wrote: »

Me mammy would love your sense of humour!

Is that a compliment or an insult?

TPD

I fucking toad a so!

Guill

Thats Irish Politics in a nut shell.

Opposition put Government down and opposes no matter what.

They get in and do the same thing!

Being fooling the irish since 1922!

UsernameInUse

For the love of god, stop reading the Independent.

UsernameInUse wrote: »

Does the misery never end? It seems like with each passing day a new decision is made from this Government that places them in the same category as the last. Enda Kenny is a liar - he blasted Gormley for spending 120k on counting frogs - and now he is going to spend €€€€€€€ on counting toads! We were promised change, and in a way, we've got it - only now we've substituted frogs for toads. :rolleyes:

For the love of God, if you care about this little island, you'll get these people out asap.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/taoiseach-caught-on-the-hop-by-new-toad-study-2598208.html

Daisy M

biko wrote: »

The new study, and the one on the frogs, had to be carried out under EU directives.

Seems they didn't have much choice?

Kind of obvious it had to be some kind of must do study. While it sounds daft and a waste of time to us joesoaps there usually are good reasons for these studies to be carried out. More than likely has something to do with the ecosystem.

Cookie_Monster

TBH money spent counting frogs is money better spent than pissing it away on welfare scrougers who simply use it to buy cans and smokes etc.


Why do people get so uppity about this kind of spend, our natural resources and bio diversity are the most important things in the country and any money spent monitoring it and helping understand and protect it is money well spent.

ilovesleep

A study on counting frogs - REALLY?

Are they counting sheep? And other animals? If not, why not? That is racism towards animals.

WHY THE FCUK WAS SUCH A STUDY NEEDED.

Dionysus

biko wrote: »

The new study, and the one on the frogs, had to be carried out under EU directives.

Seems they didn't have much choice?

Pretty much the same situation as Gormley was in the last government then. And Fine Gael knew it at the time but still made fun out of him. Now, they're in government doing precisely what they derided him for doing for precisely the same reasons. At best they were being dishonest in order to achieve a political point.

Dionysus

AnonoMouse wrote: »

Is that a compliment or an insult?

hehe. I'm not sure meself, but probably a sign of empathy!

markesmith

"The new study, and the one on the frogs, had to be carried out under EU directives."

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m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Firstly, the independant is a rag of a newspaper. Try reading something less biased.

SEcondly; ...had to be carried out under EU directives....