Biggest Waste of Taxpayers Money..?

Sizzler · 29-05-2008 09:05PM #1

Ever had a think about it? You probably see it every day on the streets and dont realise your cash is being spent stupidly.

So what pi**es you off the most about the way your hard earned cash is being spent by Cowen & co. ?

Steve_o · 29-05-2008 09:07PM

The Spire..... Its gonna cost a fortune in the future to maintain etc. its all money that could go into something more important...

Sofaspud · 29-05-2008 09:08PM

The spire's the obvious one.

And not directly our tax money, but there's a ridiculous amount spent on the space program. We should fix our own bloody planet before trying to find out if other planets are better than it.

Sizzler · 29-05-2008 09:11PM

Sofaspud wrote: »

The spire's the obvious one.

And not directly our tax money, but there's a ridiculous amount spent on the space program. We should fix our own bloody planet before trying to find out if other planets are better than it.

Are Ireland contributing to that

:eek:

KnifeWRENCH · 29-05-2008 09:13PM

The electronic voting machines were a bit of a fiasco. I think the Govt. has to pay a lot every year just to store the bloody things :rolleyes:

Sofaspud · 29-05-2008 09:16PM

Sizzler wrote: »

Are Ireland contributing to that :eek:

No, hence the "not directly our tax money, but . . ."

At least I bloody well hope not!

wheres me jumpa · 29-05-2008 09:20PM

Biggest waster of tax payers money? That same generic group of young lads who left school early only to spend their days fishing and drinking cans by the river...until pay day that is.

AckwelFoley · 29-05-2008 09:20PM

most public service eployees.

Lazyness.. they get away with not doing a tap.

Private sector workers cant do the same degrees of nothing and get away with it

AckwelFoley · 29-05-2008 09:23PM

Mr.S wrote: »

Am i the only one who likes the look for the Spire?

no, i like it too.

Its just easier to attack it than defend its existence

humberklog · 29-05-2008 09:26PM

Mr.S wrote: »

Am i the only one who likes the look for the Spire?

Nope. It's v.beautiful and it is building a strong and easy identification of Dublin. Money well spent. O'connel st. has never looked better (well in my 38years).
Big waste? Having every scrap of government literature translated to Irish. The waste of money and materials is feckin HUGE.

Daftendirekt · 29-05-2008 09:27PM

Makes a good landmark if nothing else.

return guide · 29-05-2008 09:29PM

Dublin Airport, sapping more and more money through ill thought out extensions and building a new terminal yards from the existing one.

Intothesea · 29-05-2008 09:35PM

That perennial shower in the Dáil.

AckwelFoley · 29-05-2008 09:36PM

return guide wrote: »

Dublin Airport, sapping more and more money through ill thought out extensions and building a new terminal yards from the existing one.

Yes, because the largest and single most important gateway for the irish economy, as an Island.. is a waste of money >insert old fashioned rolley eyes here<

The Artist · 29-05-2008 09:38PM

the time when the goverment spent on patricks day,on themselves. €560k spent on Govt St Patrick's day trips:eek:
and also the bertie bowl?

Caoimhín · 29-05-2008 09:39PM

snyper wrote: »

most public service eployees.

Lazyness.. they get away with not doing a tap.

Private sector workers cant do the same degrees of nothing and get away with it

Beat me to it.

Lazy w*nkers, all of them.

Wishbone Ash · 29-05-2008 09:39PM

return guide wrote: »

Dublin Airport, sapping more and more money through ill thought out extensions and building a new terminal yards from the existing one.

Which bit is funded by the taxpayer?

stepbar · 29-05-2008 09:39PM

People who are better off than I am per month and are paid benefits... fcukers

Alun · 29-05-2008 09:41PM

Sizzler wrote: »

Are Ireland contributing to that :eek:

Yes. Ireland are members of ESA (European Space Agency) as are most other EU countries. I don't know what the contribution is now, but in 2005 it was about €12m (pretty small compared to the others).

The way ESA works (I worked there myself back in the day) is that only member countries can tender for ESA contracts, and broadly speaking, the slice of the total work you get out of it is proportional to your contributions as a fraction of the total contributions of all the members put together. I have no idea as to the net value of the contracts Irish companies have with ESA, but it's certainly not a one-way street, and it certainly helps with Ireland's supposed image as a high-tech 'knowledge economy', I'd say. Certainly when I was there back in the 80's there was an Irish software company (cara) with a good few people working there.

GBX · 29-05-2008 09:42PM

Berties Beige Suit ... Brian Cowens make up bill ..

Sizzler · 29-05-2008 09:43PM

A few things...

RTE - They sure do employ some good people but the clowns seem to outweigh the good.

TD's - Enda Kenny. Say no more tbh. And this dude wanted to lead the country :eek:

Tribunals - Moriarty Tribunal, I mean WTF. Apart from a few questionable lodgements being exposed, was/is it really worth the millions in legal fees?

Taxpayers footing the bill for legal aid for repeat skanger criminals or asylum seekers who launch appeal after appeal and get shipped out on a flight that costs 100k as there are no direct flights.

old boy · 29-05-2008 10:13PM

all them consultants, and advisors, plus all the tds, that have been made chairpersons of talking shops recently, plus the way tds and public servants, get their wage increases, a lot of them get a weekly pay reise of more than my pension ?, or what passes for one, btw. in my opinion the old girl should be the next minister for finance, regardless of who is in power, the way she is manageing our token few bob

xOxSinéadxOx · 29-05-2008 10:42PM

Steve_o wrote: »

The Spire..... Its gonna cost a fortune in the future to maintain etc. its all money that could go into something more important...

not to mention it's an ugly piece of ****e.

DonJose · 29-05-2008 10:46PM

My vote goes to that woman from the congo who the doctors kept alive with a blood transfusion after she haemorraged during child birth losing 80% of her blood, she later claimed to be a jehovah witness even though she put down RC on the admission form. If they had let the bitch bleed to death it would have saved the taxpayer €2m in legal bills :mad:

Jemmy · 29-05-2008 10:49PM

humberklog wrote: »

Big waste? Having every scrap of government literature translated to Irish. The waste of money and materials is feckin HUGE.

I dont agree,the irish language should be kept alive and it is still spoken just not up around you city boys.

Davidius · 29-05-2008 11:04PM

humberklog wrote: »

Nope. It's v.beautiful and it is building a strong and easy identification of Dublin. Money well spent. O'connel st. has never looked better (well in my 38years).
Big waste? Having every scrap of government literature translated to Irish. The waste of money and materials is feckin HUGE.

You'd prefer to spend money on giving Dublin an image and identity but consider spending any money on maintaining an Irish identity a waste? Pretty much the same if you ask me.

I don't rank either as particularly worthy of high expenditure myself. I feel money should really be invested elsewhere. I'd completely drop expenditure on making things look pretty if it weren't for the fact that some people think the look of the place is overly important for some reason.

Definitely think that the Spire was a waste. It doesn't serve any good purpose and generally seems like a forced attempt at giving Dublin a recognisable monument. Also think that there are frankly too many government positions, a lot of them are being paid for a job that doesn't actually involve doing anything.

More money into education and research I say!

Taco Corp · 29-05-2008 11:31PM

The admin staff of the HSE. Know a guy who works for them. Get the odd joke email from him with hundreds of other HSE staff emails on them. Lazy shower of w**kers. You can say that we all do this if you want, i'll still say that there are way too many admin staff working there.

javaboy · 29-05-2008 11:41PM

DonJose wrote: »

My vote goes to that woman from the congo who the doctors kept alive with a blood transfusion after she haemorraged during child birth losing 80% of her blood, she later claimed to be a jehovah witness even though she put down RC on the admission form. If they had let the bitch bleed to death it would have saved the taxpayer €2m in legal bills :mad:

Did she put down RC or did the admitting nurse do it? It could have been a language issue? Either way "let the bitch bleed to death" is harsh.

445279.ie · 29-05-2008 11:50PM

snyper wrote: »

most public service eployees.

Lazyness.. they get away with not doing a tap.

Private sector workers cant do the same degrees of nothing and get away with it

Please don't generalise - we're not all lazy :mad:

445279.ie · 29-05-2008 11:52PM

caoibhin wrote: »

Beat me to it.

Lazy w*nkers, all of them.

Oh yeah, I've never w*nked in either :rolleyes:

Capt'n Midnight · 30-05-2008 12:18AM

Govt Jet.

The new managment at the HSE, why is our health care system the most expensive in the world ??

NRA , provide public transport and telecommuting and then see if we really need all the roads , also have to take into account the kyoto tax we will have to pay

M50 toll bridge buy out and electronic tolling

e-voting , paper works and tallymen provide checks and it's not like the feckers that get elected are actually going to start working the next day or even that week so there is no rush

all the stealth taxes collected by middlemen / all the stuff that should be provided by government but the taxpayer has to pay for again the only one who benefits are the middlemen. Why should private hospitals be on public hospital grounds, providing a state sponsored safety net to them if they screw up ?

mickey money, just because a girl gets pregnant is no reason to get a house. ahead of others on the housing list, perhaps a hostel where they can get a bedsit with communal facilites, everyone gets a room but only houses for families.

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