RandRuns wrote: » Google the figures and the reports will come up. Since your reluctance to share any backing for claims you've made is so entrenched that you have received warnings for it, I'm not inclined to do your work for you, as we both know you will simply dismiss any evidence given to you, while refusing to provide any of your own.
Kivaro wrote: » It is no wonder that UN African delegates make fun of the excessive amount of NGOs that we have in this country. We are a laughing stock on the world stage and it would be funny if it wasn't so serious. Being one of the most indebted countries on the planet and with the massive Covid bill coming, can we really afford all of the duplication that currently occurs in the lucrative NGO industry? Simple answer is No. Since I cannot imagine our government doing anything about it, maybe the EU could step in and sort it out.
nearly 80% of State funding is directed at 119 medium and large nonprofits, mostly in service fees to health and social care, higher education and local development.
Tell me how wrote: » There isn't too much in here to either refute or agree with. I'm not going to get in to the semantics of the focus and trend of various threads you included and how they reflect the real world as you put it. I would say if the threads truly reflected the real world, then politics would likely reflect the threads. Or if not, why not.
Noticing elements and tone of it which appear disproportionally represented on places such as this is not attempting to scare off debate. Or maybe this is an attempt in itself to scare off debate about debate or is that all too complicated?
TomTomTim wrote: » I've seen American Democrats say that destroying the other side and creating a one party state would be the best thing for what they call "democracy". All dissent must be crushed for "democracy" to flourish. Once everyone agrees on everything we'll be living in a healthy "democracy" If people in said "democracy" vote against our healthy "democracy", then they are fascists looking to destroy "democracy".
weldoninhio wrote: » Quite a wall of nonsense. Why did Trump, Farage et al have so much influence/come to power?? Because the extreme left were pushing more and more nonsense (more multiculturalism, more isms, more safe spaces, more “incorrect think” being punished, more cancel culture) onto people that the general public pushed back. If any of the main parties had told them to F off with their shyte, the general public wouldn’t need to make a protest vote.
biko wrote: » https://www.businesspost.ie/analysis-opinion/more-than-half-of-ngos-eur105-billion-funding-comes-from-the-state-9b7115a5
Eric Cartman wrote: » A disgraceful waste of money , like using a sledgehammer to crack a walnut at this point with NGO's and problems that do not befit how much money we throw at them.
AndrewJRenko wrote: » Just ICYMI;
Eric Cartman wrote: » I think everyone can acknowledge there are good NGO's here like homecare groups and disability groups. However we spend over 10 billion on NGO's , even if those 80% were all benign, thats still 2 billion quid a year that has questionable results.
Kivaro wrote: » Methinks thou protesteth too much. The tax payer in Ireland is being conned by the disproportionate amount of NGOs per capita and their highly paid executives for a country our size. And lets not mention the duplication of the duplication of the duplication of the "services" that many of them provide.
Bambi wrote: » Proudly paid for by you and mehttps://twitter.com/Fishamble/status/1361764773889789959
RandRuns wrote: » I wonder what the reaction would be if somebody put up a call for applicants to a workshop and included the line; "Please note that this workshop is ONLY open to applications from White artists, artists of European decent, artists from ethnic Irish backgrounds"
Bambi wrote: » Proudly paid for by you and me
AndrewJRenko wrote: » Do you think that your call would address the issue of ; "support underrepresented voices in Irish theatre*?
Please note that this workshop is ONLY open to applications from Black artists, artists of colour, artists from ethnic minority backgrounds, and migrant artists.
biko wrote: » Quite a backlash to that tweet but no-one brings up the obvious; Same thing unless black is now separate from POC
RandRuns wrote: » Can you give me some information on the relative representation of black voices in Irish theatre wrt their representation in the population?
AndrewJRenko wrote: » Everyone pays tax. Which Facebook group did you see this circulated on btw?
AndrewJRenko wrote: » So you don't have all that information already? Wouldn't you think you might have done some research before you posted? It's funny to see how quickly these serious concerns about arts funding emerge from people who never gave a toss about theatre development in the past.
biko wrote: » Is there need for an "pro-Irish" NGO? What would a pro-Irish NGO do?
Eric Cartman wrote: » Excluding the bast majority of Irish people is not what we should fund. How this blatant anti white racism is allowed is shocking.
TomTomTim wrote: » https://twitter.com/AperturePawn/status/1362177817119760384 These people honestly need to be institutionalized, as they struggle with the most basic things in the world, like what the term "native" means.