Mary Davis and her role on Quangos(S. Ross)

Cork boy 55

Shane Ross TD has a revealing piece on Mary Davis and her role on Quangos.
see link.

Mary (a PE teacher) was on the board of

• Irish Civil Service Building Society a Bank of Ireland subsidiary till 2010

• DAA ( 5 years)

• The Fianna Fail government appointed her as a director of Stadium Ireland, more commonly known as the "Bertie Bowl".

• post on the board of the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland.

Raises some questions.


Why is Mary ommiting most of this from her CV?
Was she qualified for these roles?
How did Mary get these roles?
How much Money did she earn?
What did she do while in these roles?
What are Mary Davis connections?

As a former PE teacher, Mary is certainly qualified for membership of the Sports Council, but it is difficult to understand why she is not proud of her place on the board of the Irish Civil Service Building Society. It's even more difficult to understand as it is a Bank of Ireland satellite. It fails to merit a mention.
When Mary departed in 2010, directors of the Bank of Ireland subsidiary were being paid €25,000 a year. As a presidential candidate -- with banking experience -- she could offer priceless insights into the property collapse, the current mortgage crisis and the behaviour of the directors of the Bank of Ireland, which paid her such a fine part-time wage. Instead, she prefers to stay silent about this hidden area of her expertise.
Probably just an oversight. You cannot fit everything in with a CV as long or as virtuous as Mary's. But funnily enough, there is another important omission. Mary picked up a gig in no less a semi-state than the deeply troubled Aer Rianta (now the DAA). Indeed, she did a five-year stint there -- possibly the most rotten quango in Ireland.
It is difficult to understand why a PE teacher was a political appointee as a director of the DAA, but she probably helped them with all their verbal acrobatics.
Mary could surely now give us her views on DAA chief Dermot Collier's enormous pay package of €638,000 while she was on the board and a member of the audit committee.

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/shane-ross/shane-ross-quango-queen-eyes-the-park-2886869.html

irishh_bob

were we not in deep rescession and in a period of upheaval , a bland , platitude uttering , box ticking , do gooder establishment friendly safe bet like mary davis would sail to victory , things are different this time

raymon

Cork boy 55 wrote: »

Shane Ross TD has a revealing piece on Mary Davis and her role on Quangos.
see link.

Mary (a PE teacher) was on the board of

• Irish Civil Service Building Society a Bank of Ireland subsidiary till 2010

• DAA ( 5 years)

• The Fianna Fail government appointed her as a director of Stadium Ireland, more commonly known as the "Bertie Bowl".

• post on the board of the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland.

Raises some questions.


Why is Mary ommiting most of this from her CV?
Was she qualified for these roles?
How did Mary get these roles?
How much Money did she earn?
What did she do while in these roles?
What are Mary Davis connections?



http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/shane-ross/shane-ross-quango-queen-eyes-the-park-2886869.html

Sounds like another snout in the FF trough to me

HellsAngel

Appearently Davis refers to herself as a "social entrepreneur". Real Bertie/Celtic Tiger speak there. Davis has been cruising under the radar as an FF hack.Her links to the Gombeen party need to be highlighted.

HellsAngel

Her husband Julian is well connected " During a career that has spanned over 20 years Julian has worked on a wide variety of clients of both public and private sector clients including Budweiser, Guinness, Aer Lingus, MCD, Bank of Ireland, RTE, Department of Arts, Tourism & Sports, Department of An Taoiseach "

http://ie.linkedin.com/pub/julian-davis/4/178/796

Manach

So gathering from the tone of this thread and trying to nail down what questions could reasonablely be answered, anyone (or there spouse) who has ever accepted public money to sit on a board would be barred from contesting an election. That would certainly reduce the number of candidates.

acer1000

She’s a mean piece of work it seems, and she looks it.

She has been criticised by a Limerick Co. C. for tying up Co. C’s that she doesn’t need, after she won the nomination there, today.

Now we also know she’s had her snout firmly in the FF trough, too.

Shame on her.

DeVore

How do these people get these positions?! Are they advertised anywhere?


DeV.

Bannasidhe

DeVore wrote: »

Are they advertised anywhere?


DeV.

In the FF newsletter apparently.

thebman

acer1000 wrote: »

She’s a mean piece of work it seems, and she looks it.

She has been criticised by a Limerick Co. C. for tying up Co. C’s that she doesn’t need, after she won the nomination there, today.

Now we also know she’s had her snout firmly in the FF trough, too.

Shame on her.

Heard that on Radio 1 I think it was. She basically said it wasn't up to her and Sean Gallagher only said for councils that hadn't made their decisions. Then the same was brought up for her and I can't even remember her response but basically I think it was something along the lines of it wasn't her decision to make.

Very poor explanation, made her look poor compared to Sean Gallagher.

Havermeyer

thebman wrote: »

Heard that on Radio 1 I think it was. She basically said it wasn't up to her and Sean Gallagher only said for councils that hadn't made their decisions. Then the same was brought up for her and I can't even remember her response but basically I think it was something along the lines of it wasn't her decision to make.

Very poor explanation, made her look poor compared to Sean Gallagher.

She said that it wasn't up to her to make decisions on behalf of the CoCos, as it was their democratic right to support her - leaving it up to them if they wanted to switch their support - or something to that effect.

When I heard it, I thought for a moment that I could actually smell the BS.

MadsL

I read it as tactical to keep her in the running against the 'mammy' vote likely to go to Dana.

thebman

MadsL wrote: »

I read it as tactical to keep her in the running against the 'mammy' vote likely to go to Dana.

Really Mammy Vote? They both seem like devil women to me. I'd rather Dana International TBH :P

Liam Byrne

Let me get this straight.

Ross has a problem with quangos but has no problem with nominating someone who has sent unacceptable letters ?

And to think I used to look up to him as the one decent politician that we had.

Guess that only leaves Pat Rabbitte in the non-two-faced stakes.

bijapos

Looks to me like Shane Ross paid €2.65 for The Phoenix last Thursday and rehashed most of P.11 in that article. Shane Ross jumps on a bandwagon ? Whatever next.

DeVore wrote: »

How do these people get these positions?! Are they advertised anywhere?


DeV.

Not advertised. They are appointed by the minister in question.

Bannasidhe wrote: »

In the FF newsletter apparently.

And the FG, Lab etc etc etc newsletter as well. Try not to discrimminate, or at the very least try to open your eyes. They are all at it.

Coillte_Bhoy

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Let me get this straight.

Ross has a problem with quangos but has no problem with nominating someone who has sent unacceptable letters ?

And to think I used to look up to him as the one decent politician that we had.

Guess that only leaves Pat Rabbitte in the non-two-faced stakes.

He nominated him but made it quite clear he wouldnt be voting for him. He's only facilliating Norris getting on the ballot, big difference.

HellsAngel

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Let me get this straight.

Ross has a problem with quangos but has no problem with nominating someone who has sent unacceptable letters ?

And to think I used to look up to him as the one decent politician that we had.

Guess that only leaves Pat Rabbitte in the non-two-faced stakes.

Interesting comment from a fella who says that MMcG is not fit to stand for the Pres due to his past association with the IRA but can conviently forget Pat Rabbitte's past memebrship of the political wing of the OIRA, the Workers Party !!!!!

anymore

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

He nominated him but made it quite clear he wouldnt be voting for him. He's only facilliating Norris getting on the ballot, big difference.

I have to say I think that is hypocrisy - I wonder how much he was influenced by who he works for ? i.e the Independent group ?
His opposition to Davis is curious also given that she was the beneficiary of FF which of course is the client party of the Sindo

edanto

DeVore wrote: »

How do these people get these positions?! Are they advertised anywhere?
DeV.

Bertie described the selection process previously.
http://www.publicinquiry.eu/2006/09/27/brian-dobson-interview-with-bertie-ahern-full-text/

"I might have appointed somebody but I appointed them because they were friends, em, not because of anything they had given me and you know, and I think they appreciate that these were debts of honour, they gave them to me. Em, ah, I suppose on hindsight back, I wasn’t to know then, em, that I would be Taoiseach"

But seriously - I'm fairly sure they're not advertised. They are the dog biscuits of the political world and used to repay favours. Anyone particuarly interested in the Golden Circle of Irish boards can read the excellent TASC report on the same - http://www.tascnet.ie/upload/file/MtGC%20ISSU.pdf

Mary Davis' name is NOT mentioned in that report - there's no reason to believe that she's part of the corrupt culture that took over our country.

Personally, I won't be voting for her, but that's only because I prefer another candidate.

Coillte_Bhoy

anymore wrote: »

I have to say I think that is hypocrisy - I wonder how much he was influenced by who he works for ? i.e the Independent group ?
His opposition to Davis is curious also given that she was the beneficiary of FF which of course is the client party of the Sindo

I doubt very much he is the kind of man to bow under such pressure. Also, if the Indo group is behind Norris van you explain their big 'rape' headline yesterday??? Yes and of course FF got such an easy ride from the Indo group during the last election.:rolleyes:

Raskolnikov

In fairness, with all her quango experience, she would probably be the ideal candidate in going for the biggest quango of them all!

anymore

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

I doubt very much he is the kind of man to bow under such pressure. Also, if the Indo group is behind Norris van you explain their big 'rape' headline yesterday??? Yes and of course FF got such an easy ride from the Indo group during the last election.:rolleyes:

I wpuld have thought so also, but bow he most certainly did - only he can explain why - the siggestion that he is only facilitating Norris getting on the ballot is nonsense - he is now officially a Norris suporter and ally.

dvpower

bijapos wrote: »

And the FG, Lab etc etc etc newsletter as well. Try not to discrimminate, or at the very least try to open your eyes. They are all at it.

True. But FF were responsible for creating an awful lot of these quangos, often splitting out functions from civil service departments into new agencies, complete with boards that can be stuffed with the party faithful.

dvpower

edanto wrote: »

But seriously - I'm fairly sure they're not advertised. They are the dog biscuits of the political world and used to repay favours. Anyone particuarly interested in the Golden Circle of Irish boards can read the excellent TASC report on the same - http://www.tascnet.ie/upload/file/MtGC%20ISSU.pdf

Or Shane Ross' book, Wasters

mike kelly

DeVore wrote: »

How do these people get these positions?! Are they advertised anywhere?


DeV.

You used to hear about them by going to the Fianna Fail tent during the galway races. Not sure how they do it now.

bijapos

mike kelly wrote: »

You used to hear about them by going to the Fianna Fail tent during the galway races. Not sure how they do it now.

Probably handed out at FG golf classics or whatever Labour use as a "fundraiser".

Sir Oxman

Ahern defended himself from accusations of corruption by saying he 'only appointed people who were his friends' to his many quangos!
I'll leave that sitting right there...

raymon

Makes me sick to see these FF troughsnouts sniffing around for more swill.

Upstream

Cork boy 55 wrote: »

Mary (a PE teacher) was on the board of

• Irish Civil Service Building Society a Bank of Ireland subsidiary till 2010

• DAA ( 5 years)

• The Fianna Fail government appointed her as a director of Stadium Ireland, more commonly known as the "Bertie Bowl".

• post on the board of the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland.

Raises some questions.


Why is Mary ommiting most of this from her CV?
Was she qualified for these roles?
How did Mary get these roles?
How much Money did she earn?
What did she do while in these roles?
What are Mary Davis connections?

Lots of good questions, I'm guessing she got most of them on merit for her role in the Special Olymipics, but I'd really like someone to answer, What did she do while in these roles?