Name Your Favourite QUANGO

LivelineDipso

from Wiki:

Republic of Ireland in 2006 had more than 800 quangos, 482 at national and 350 at local level, with a total of 5,784 individual appointees and a combined annual budget of €13 billion.

These are the most recent numbers I could find. But even in 2006, at the height of the boom, 800 in an incredible number for a small country.

Are most of these QUANGOS still going and if so, which one deserves the most merit? What tagible purpose do they serve? Are they needed at all?

lazygal

Bord na gCon. Gets millions every year to encourage people to gamble on dogs.

Dravokivich

So that was 7 years ago, has there been word that they've increased the amount, or reduced the amount of Quangos?

It does sound like an awful lot of waste to me. But sure, I don't know a damn thing about'em at the same time. The general perception I get is that most are like consultants/advisers or something?

Delirium

Quango Unchained. :pac:

BraziliaNZ

Nando's!

I Heart Internet

I just LOVED this one:

http://www.decentralisation.gov.ie/

The Central Decentralisation Unit.

I'm not kidding. People thought a good name for that "unit" was the Central Decentralisation Unit (CDU).

The Unit has been closed following the ditching of decentralisation in 2001.

Still....it no doubt employs 47 people still I'd guess.

LivelineDipso

The Backwards Man

Tell me when will you be mine?
Tell me quango quango quango

Pherekydes

Skippy

the bush quango-roo

anncoates

The one they drink in The Congo.

NothingMan

They quango and feck off!

For Forks Sake

anncoates wrote: »

The one they drink in The Congo.

Um-Quango

Mr Benevolent

LivelineDipso wrote: »

from Wiki:



These are the most recent numbers I could find. But even in 2006, at the height of the boom, 800 in an incredible number for a small country.

Are most of these QUANGOS still going and if so, which one deserves the most merit? What tagible purpose do they serve? Are they needed at all?

Talk to Joe.

Sky King

You know...... when you've been quanqo'd

KungPao

Mr. Robinson's

Sky King

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mockingjay

The School of Cosmic Physics: Geophysics - Studies Earthquakes on Merrion Square - Yes, studying Earthquakes in Ireland! Employs about 30 people, a few of them Irish but mostly students from abroad - and gives them about 10 grand p.a. for the pleasure. Still pay a receptionist despite having about three visitors per week.

Then Astrophysics - Maintaining Ireland's strong presence in astronomy - I'd say they get over €10 million per year between them.

Cody Pomeray

The Office of Internet Safety

http://www.internetsafety.ie

Careful now.

December2012

Death by quango quango.

Quango's seriously annoy me. The various Government Departments (or Fianna Fail) just outsourced the actual jobs they were supposed to be doing. Some quangos are essential, some are nonsense -like the Irish language promotion ones. I'm sure there was some sort of consumer body around at one stage (I think Celia Larkin got a job with it because she's an expert) even though we had a Financial Regulator, Central Bank and the actual Consumer Association of Ireland. The National Pharmacoeconomic Centre is a hilarious once. They probably do a good job but can they not just be an office/unit within the Department of Health? Don't forget NERA, NRA,NTA,etc. The Central Decentralization one is hilarious also.

Wacker The Attacker

quango unchained