blanch152 wrote: » JobBridge was one of a number of schemes which worked very effectively to get those outside the workforce back to being contributors to society. Those who opposed it, as Paul Murphy did, were essentially advocating for letting people decide not to work.
smurgen wrote: » Thank God Leo and Fine Gael are going after the big fish anyway https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/only-300000-recouped-since-welfare-cheat-ads-campaign-was-launched-38855706.html 300k should cover Dara Murphy's double jobbing cost, inflated expenses of Alan Farrell and a golden handshake for Maria Bailey.
saabsaab wrote: » Anyone for a BER tax linked with the LPT. The better the BER the les tax you pay/the worse the BER the more you pay.
Phoebas wrote: » Did you actually read past the headline? €300k in repayments. €7,000k in savings.
thequarefellow wrote: » Really? What did they suggest? (Your Gulf News Link doesn't work by the way)
Matt Barrett wrote: » They could bring in regulations as regards emissions, rather than taxes. Tax cuts for folk go green etc. The problem for the Greens is they are a one issue party, or seen as such. All it takes is FF/FG to bring out a few green initiatives to make the Green party an irrelevance and FF/FG are well capable of jumping on a band wagon.
elperello wrote: » Perhaps if it was done as a carrot and not a stick. At the moment LPT is not based on your ability to pay so increasing it because of a poor BER rating would make it even more regressive. A discount if you had a good BER rating would be an incentive to improve the environmental performance of your house.
saabsaab wrote: » I think that carrot and stick could work better. Payments could be deferred until the property is sold, if owner is unable to pay.
smurgen wrote: » Well we soon will have hundreds of millions in emissions fines every year as we won't make our targets. They could have spent this money in advance on public transport that would have helped us not only meet our targets,but also build key infrastructure that would help further grow our economy. But no,this idiotic reactionary government are so incompetent and struggling to keep the lights on they rather pay the fines.
Quote: Originally Posted by L1011 View Post The Times (the remaining shell of the Irish version) claim today that IE are 200m short for this and are proposing kicking the Hazelhatch and Northern lines down the road unless more money comes along; just proceeding with Maynooth/M3. Seems a bit mad that in a €2.3 bn scheme they are considering scrapping 2/3ds of the scheme for want of 2/300 mil
5 Years after announcing the Dart expansion to Maynooth and the Northern Line, they are only now saying they are short money and say the completion is now 2028? September 25th 2015 - Dart to be extended to Balbriggan by 2022https://www.irishtimes.com/news/poli...2022-1.2361505 So instead of 2022, we are here at the start of 2020 with not a single bit of cable having been put up for the expansion. If that's not disheartening, I don't know what is.
Depressing but sadly no longer surprising. Today the federal government here (Germany) announced a contract with the Bahn to invest 86 billion in infrastructure improvements. Having said that, the German basic law (constitution) states: 4) The Federation shall ensure that, in developing and maintaining the federal railway system as well as in offering services over this system, other than local passenger services, due account is taken of the interests and especially the transportation needs of the public. Details shall be regulated by a federal law. (Federation here means federal government).
elperello wrote: » Take the case of a person living in a cold draughty house who did not have enough money to upgrade it. What would be the point of levying more tax on them that they couldn't afford to pay?
Idbatterim wrote: » one green initiative I would like to see introduced, is a refundable deposit, placed on all drink cans, bottles and glass. The sheer amount of them littering the place, is a disgrace!
KrustyUCC wrote: » Never work Newer builds are obviously going to have better BER A hell of a lot of people can't afford new build or are living in the same house for years upon years That system would punish the majority of households
saabsaab wrote: » That's where the carrot comes in. Grants for upgrades and zero interest loans available. Payments could be taken from sale of house or death.
saabsaab wrote: » Or encourage them to upgrade. Grants and zero interest loans to be available. Payments could be attached to the property and reccovered upon sale or transfer.
Lackey wrote: » This is why the loopy greens will never be voted in Madness forcing people into debt Have a look at the world pollution stats forcing debt to increase ber ratings onto people will do fu£k all to help the situation.
SpaceRocket wrote: » So who do you vote for if you want to see the back of these "forever homes" and dole scroungers? Seriously sick to the teeth of people who choose social welfare payouts as a lifestyle choice as opposed to a stop gap solution. Who do the hard working tax payers vote for? Is there anyone?
ELM327 wrote: » Which of these two? yeah, the greens would be a mistake, they want to up the corporate tax rate!
LeinsterDub wrote: » You're right those poor trillion euro companies are on the bread line!
MadYaker wrote: » Housing is way more solvable than health imo. Just get the department to start building houses themselves. It's not rocket science. FG's policy of relying on the private sector to provide social housing has been totally ineffective.
elperello wrote: » I'm not sure the Greens proposed this.
bubblypop wrote: » reading through different policies from the parties. While none exactly fit all my ideals, I feel the Social Democrats fot most. so, regardless of candidates, I think I will vote for the party.
