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I think the likes of Brucie want Tony Holohan who has given everything for Ireland for the last 30 months to take a pay cut.
The man should be rewarded for what he did, but the cohort of Zero-covid nutters, Covid-deniers and anti-vaxxers are combining to try and do him down.
Yes. He will be paid by you and I for a job he no longer does, while we also pay his replacement to actually do the job.
And you'd be wrong.
Still making up things people never said and criticising it?
That's no way to talk about Leo.
And my point still stand. Even if we have a superior nurse-bed ratio (and we do not know the true ratio) than other countries, how does that help and why do we have so many problems in the hospitals (trolley crisis, waiting lists).
My link showed that the lack of capacity completely negates any benefit from a better nurse-bed ratio.
It had also to be remembered that the environment in which Irish nurses worked was very complex, because Ireland had one of the lowest number of beds per thousand population and one of the highest bed occupancy rates in the OECD. The number of beds in hospitals, patient acuity and dependency, support from other health professionals and patient turnover determined the kind of work which nurses carried out. A small number of beds, increasing patient acuity and dependency and high turnover meant nurses would be much busier.
Would you give over.
First and foremost, it is more about the underhanded way a position was created and he was "rewarded". But then again, it has never actually been called a reward to my knowledge. It was made out that the position was needed and he was the best person for it.
For two party's that seem to be so obsessed with optics, more so FG, it is baffling that they can't see how this looks.
But we all know they can. It suits them to act this way on this one.
Tony Holohan took the position knowing it wasn't a permanent thing, and I am sure he got well 'rewarded' already for his two years at it.
I can't remember how many of the frontline got 'rewarded'.
Well,
(1) Study and Research into public health needs to be significantly improved in Ireland.
(2) Holohan is the best person for that job.
(3) The gripes at Holohan continue, as I said, we know where they are coming from.
On a separate note, has the that lad that got the dodgy ventilators because he knew how to buy from China 🙄 got away with it?
I hear he's living in Malta now with his ill gotten millions. Tried his hand at a few covid companies. but seems to getting away with what seems like fraud.
There's optics and there's the whole point of being in government. No point looking good if you can't dole out the sweet deals.
One party simply ignores the excesses/incompetence of the other. That's how it's been since the get-go. Backing each other up.
Instead of a toxic power swap, we now have a toxic coalition.
"The public finances recorded a surplus at the end of March of €200m, according to the latest Exchequer figures published by the Department of Finance.
This compares to a deficit of €4.2 billion recorded at the end of March 2021, which means an improvement of €4.3 billion."
No wonder there is such moaning and griping around here today, the government has pulled a strong economic performance out of the bag again.
You just called it a reward. WTF was his payment for? Was that not an agreed amount to do the job?
How do we know he is the best person for the job? Is there a list of those interviewed anywhere online that we can see?
I have no issues with Holohan, the way that FFG are using their old BS tricks to appoint somebody is the issue, as I already said.
Have you got a link to that? My reading of it is that he’s still on the same salary, just a different job.
Yup, you're right. Brucie got the wrong end of the stick again. Don't know why he is bothered though, as Holohan will not be making any "profit" out of it.
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Correct.
TCD isn't a free for all any tax payer can attend Citizens advice bureau.
More made up stuff.
It must feel a very hollow victory to create your own made up opinions for others to try get a win out of them.
Bricklayers still working for free in your head? People get paid to build all kinds of things for other people every day of the week. Fact.
Funnily enough he'll be another private concern making profit off the tax payer.
You still pondering an opinion on FF/FG/Green not doing anything about Mahon findings and recommendations?
Fine Gael were rightly torn to shreds toda and yesterday on social media for their blatant attempt at history revisionism.
Placing "Fine Gael" (complete with the logo) beside the faces of Arthur Griffith, and Michael Collins (both of who died decades before FG were formed) and claiming Michael Collins as a "statesman", Collins who spent a considerable amount of his life trying to overthrow the state (not to mention bringing a geurilla war to mainland Britain) is a site to behold.
Have they no real former founding members they're not ashamed of to try and earn a few quid off instead lol?
Shameless party, they really and truely are.
And wanting to comemorate the RIC/tans who collins murdered. Mixed up bunch.
Harris says its up to TCD and the Dept of health to clarify why Holohan is getting paid for a job hes not doing while Donnelly says he didn't sign off on it but heard about it a few weeks ago.
Incompetence and/or cronyism.
Dr Tony Holohan’s €187K-a year-civil service funded Trinity College secondment will last ‘indefinite duration’ – he won’t return as chief medical officer
Apparently Trinity professors are paid 30,000 less than a CMO. Beginning to make sense if that is true. A little sleight of hand and nobody need take a paycut. 😁
You fell into another doozy.
The reason tax receipts are up is because of the VAT for petrol/diesel, heating oil, gas, electricity, food etc etc which have shot up in price etc etc. The cost of living is causing a lot of hardship for taxpayers. People are really suffering and a few weeks ago the government promised a load of 'inflation busting measures'. Martin got mauled in the Dail today because they have only implemented 1 measure. Trust me, this wont help their dire polling. They should be reducing VAT for inflation hit products but they are making excuses about the delays.
The government needs to get the finger out.
Would you move to another job for less money? He’s still a Civil Servant. I think he’ll be a great asset to Trinity.
Then let Trinity pay him.
We are not his benefactors. He was employed to do a job. He's no longer doing it and we are still paying him plus his replacement. In what world is that okay? As a tax payer if you are okay with that, good for you but don't try defend or justify it.
Gas. Magic money tree talk if we want to do something for the public, then on the other hand bragging about all the money fleeced off the public like they went out and earned it themselves. Deluded.
Why can't trinity pay the extra 30k if he's such a great asset, it stinks!
I wouldn't move to another job and expect my former employer to make up the shortfall and pay somebody else to do my job...no Maryanne.
I see Brucie is back and making a meal out of general logic, yet again. The more things change...
Isn't Trinity a public University and receives government funding, so it's the same pot of cash at the end of the day?
No. How finance and budgeting works is money is allocated based on need and availability of funds. His salary is for a CMO. His new position is at a college. Also we are paying the salary of the new CMO. TCD are getting him for free. The health service is picking up the tab. Or do you support health money going to parks or a college because it all comes from the tax payer sure?
Us paying for the same position twice is enough. Or you cool with that?
But it's not the same pot no matter how you try to dress it up!
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