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how many quangos do we have in limerick

  • 05-06-2017 11:50am
    #1
    flutered
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,710 ✭✭✭


    i am asking this as i have just skimmed thro de leader, were i noticed what i think are two quangos, limerick smarter travel and innovate limerick, can any one add one or two more, then perhaps their cost, worth and value to the region


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  • #2
    jbkenn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 919 ✭✭✭jbkenn


    flutered wrote: »
    i am asking this as i have just skimmed thro de leader, were i noticed what i think are two quangos, limerick smarter travel and innovate limerick, can any one add one or two more, then perhaps their cost, worth and value to the region
    On benefacts.ie I found 780 nonprofits, including some sizable quango's
    https://benefacts.ie/Results?q=limerick&i=entitiesindex&p=1&pp=10&county=LIMERICK


  • #3
    panda100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,551 ✭✭✭panda100


    I wouldn't call either Limerick Smarter Travel or Innovate Limerick, qunagos. They both have very important roles and do good work in Limerick.


  • #4
    panda100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,551 ✭✭✭panda100


    jbkenn wrote:
    On benefacts.ie I found 780 nonprofits, including some sizable quango's

    Can you please explain how Limerick Centre for the unemployed and the Learning Hub are 'quango's'?


  • #5
    flutered
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,710 ✭✭✭flutered


    quan?go
    ˈkwaNGɡō/
    nounBritishderogatory
    noun: quango; plural noun: quangos

    a semipublic administrative body outside the civil service but receiving financial support from the government, which makes senior appointments to it.


  • #6
    keane2097
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,789 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    'Quasi-non-governmental-organisation' - it's not a term of opprobrium.


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