Room to Improve (v2)

Bannon and his Q.S. should not have needed to request with the Misinster's adviser just to find out “what the grants were all about”.

They were already building professionals, working in the field for many years and it was already their job to know “what the grants were all about”.

Do not treat the rest of us like fools.

No, I said we do not know what went on or all that was discussed at the meeting. No transcripts on notes or anything were produced afaik. Others have said there needs to be a freedom of information request or something.

You said of the meeting with the Ministers's adviser "Bannon detailed that he and Irwin were briefed on “what the grants were all about”."

I replied : Bannon and his Q.S. should not have needed to request with the Misinster's adviser just to find out “what the grants were all about”.

They were already building professionals, working in the field for many years and it was already their job to know “what the grants were all about”.

What Bannon and his QS should know is very material. They should have known about the grants before that requested meeting, as they were already well seasoned and experienced professionals in the field. If they did not know about of or about the property grants then, it would not say much about them. Of course they already knew about the grants. They should not have needed a private meeting with a Minister's advisor just to find out “what the grants were all about”, as is claimed. If I or anyone else asked to find out what the grants were all about, I'd be told to look at the government website or ask the local council. I'd say they talked about other things too. Maybe even the weather.;)

Grand, I will not post about last Sunday's house in Cashel on this thread again. I think everything has been said about that anyway.

Bannon never does a how about this and it’s tens of thousands under budget. He’s always pushing the budget. Money saved on grants is just spent and not you’ve got some money back. Never see him saying let’s go to IKEA for a kitchen or something else

Donal Skehan has something to do with it.

How so?

He and his QS talked about the available grants and what had been applied for and the show moved on.

The 'confusion' has arisen because people will not take on board what they are being told. Namely - you cannot use your own definitions of the terms,

The confusion is self inflicted.

Ya they do, same with agricultural buildings and equipment. Anything there is a grant available for goes through the roof

Maybe after the scandal this week he is taking over from Dermot as the resident architect on the show.

And yes he may know nothing about architecture and have no experience in it but that never stopped him switching careers in the past. All the experienced qualified chefs whose recipes he is "heavily influenced by" in his cook books, will point out that he knew nothing about cooking and had no experience in it before he stopped being a member of a boy band and became a celebrity chef.

only got time to watch it this morning

lovely house but i wouldnt like the kitchen and hate the stairs. i must drive over that way some day and have a look.

fair play to them if they can afford to buy a house for 303k and then put 300k into it plus 100k grants. i wonder what its valued at. i cannot see it worth 700k.

i dont know why they didnt buy a wreck of a house and build a new build there for50k and have 550k for the house

this grand situation is getting out of hand. somone needs to come out and clarify whats happening. either the grant scheme is set up wrong or people are taking advantage of it.

I think you are giving to much credence to a ‘controversy’ that never really got off the ground.

A few posts on social media isn’t gonna send editors scurrying tbh.

Bannon doent bring any value to the the gig, none.

Im beginning to think the only reason people go on the show is for publicity and fame.

Its certainly not for getting value for money.

I suppose we will have to tune in.

Job done, a little bit of show biz hype has the desired effect.

That's the way it rolls......🙂