Taoiseach caves in

Lexus1976 · 02-12-2009 10:07AM #1

What a fecking wimp!!!! I am a support of FF and proud of it, but will not be voting for them again if Cowan is in the party. :mad:

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/cowen-caves-in-on-public-sector-pay-1960583.html

Ireland will not be making an economic recovery for a long long time. Cowan for muppet of the year.

orourkeda · 02-12-2009 10:10AM

I don't know what to believe anymore.

Either the nations finances are ruined or they are not.

If they are why is he doing this?

Sizzler · 02-12-2009 10:12AM

A text was read out on newstalk earlier "I voted for Fianna Fail in the last election to run the country not the trade unions".

Maybe he meant ruin the country and not run

hobochris · 02-12-2009 10:13AM

orourkeda wrote: »

I don't know what to believe anymore.

Either the nations finances are ruined or they are not.

If they are why is he doing this?

Pin the nations bankruptcy on the unions for not getting on board maybe?

FF are just trying to save face with the voters the unions have now provided a nice scape goat for future public sector related issues.

Brian Cowen can then say it wasn't our fault, blame the unions, when things do go to ****, hoping that the general public only see this viscous animal and overlook the fact that Cowen and co. let it out of its cage and overfed it in the good times, now there is not enough food for it,so its biting the hand the feeds.

helmetjack · 02-12-2009 10:14AM

I too am a FF supporter/member, but i totally agree they have wilted at this, I couldn't agree more with R Bruton,...sort out the public service now! Or we'll be back in same situation in a few years, where our whole economy will be built around supporting an overall inefficient public service!

SoWatchaWant · 02-12-2009 10:14AM

Me and a couple of lads are going to throw a brick through his window.

Run_to_da_hills · 02-12-2009 10:15AM

Watch budget day, the cash is going to have to come out of someone elses arse pocket. :rolleyes:

Turd Ferguson · 02-12-2009 10:16AM

Cowen, I am disappoint

Crann na Beatha · 02-12-2009 10:18AM

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Jip · 02-12-2009 10:18AM

SoWatchaWant wrote: »

Me and a couple of lads are going to throw a brick through his window.

If you do, I'll pay for your transport to Liberty Hall to throw several through the windows there.

highgiant1985 · 02-12-2009 10:19AM

actually I've a question about the proposed deal.

If the public sector workers take say the full week off unpaid can they still claim the social welfare? I know for example if any normally employee doesn't work for a particular week for what ever reason they are eligible to apply for social welfare payment for that week.

Or am I completely wrong.

Bandit12 · 02-12-2009 10:20AM

Drama queens the lot of ya.

gurramok · 02-12-2009 10:21AM

Jip wrote: »

If you do, I'll pay for your transport to Liberty Hall to throw several through the windows there.

It'll be better to wait until the spanking new union funded Liberty Hall is built!

Handsome Bob · 02-12-2009 10:23AM

Fine Gael are right, the man has shown no bottle. I don't have any issues with the public sector but we can now add them to the list of those who have successfully leaned on the government (along with students and pensioners). FF can't keep caving in like this every time an interest group bands together and makes some scary noise.

Biggins · 02-12-2009 10:24AM

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Watch budget day, the cash is going to have to come out of someone elses arse pocket. :rolleyes:

Yep, everyone's more so. 7 days and counting till we see how much more we are all going to squeeze from our pockets!

Yet AGAIN another example of why FF should no longer be running things and why Cowen is most definitely not leadership material.
Charlie Haughty as we know now was a crooked as they come but by god he would have stood up to these FAR over paid union leader bullies!

Sean Quagmire · 02-12-2009 10:27AM

SoWatchaWant wrote: »

Me and a couple of lads are going to throw a brick through his window.

Cool, I gots the wheels

http://www.dailyraider.com/tv/simpsonsseason6/riverdale.jpg

Sizzler · 02-12-2009 10:27AM

The union leaders are brekaing their bollix laughing this morning, they cant believe what they have got away with :eek:

Private sector workers = If you havent lost your job you have more than likely been asked to take a pay cut of some sort and invariably do more work.

Public sector workers = A half baked pay cut which in real terms means take an extra 2 weeks off lads on top of the 30+ days you probably have already.

Only in Ireland.

If Lenihan has any balls he will step down now as he has been shafted by Cowen. I'd vote for Dustin at this stage if he fancies having a crack at running the kip.

Sizzler · 02-12-2009 10:30AM

Iolar wrote: »

what precedence wil this set?:eek:

If you moan and complain enough the government will shyte themselves and go away and annoy someone else.

Danbo! · 02-12-2009 10:33AM

The unions said Cowen would crack at any time purple monkey dishwasher

Fuhrer · 02-12-2009 10:34AM

Typical move form a government that knows its going to lose the next election.

Leave the place so messed up so that when the next one comes in and has to fix it by actually cutting spending and reducing the wages to the undeserving public sector people are going to say

"Things were so much better under Fianna Fail, when we were in dire financial straits and every economist said we would have to take a pay cut we just stamped our feet and cried and they gave us another 20 days off work to sit at home and throw our toys out of our prams"

Fly1 · 02-12-2009 10:36AM

What else do you expect from a party made up of a bunch of teachers on long-term leave and lawyers? Fire them all.

Sanjuro · 02-12-2009 10:39AM

Caved on this, caved on the church scandal. The man's a feckless waster. And so are the majority of his party. No surprise at all.

kincsem · 02-12-2009 10:41AM

Do not worry. When staff take time off other public sector workers will supply cover at the standard overtime rates.

Cut one hour, pay an hour and a half to cover.

folan · 02-12-2009 10:46AM

Biggins wrote: »

Charlie Haughty as we know now was a crooked as they come but by god he would have stood up to these FAR over paid union leader bullies!

As someone too young to remember Haughty, but cant understand alot of Irelands unconditional love of this man, this is a big statement, and one that says alot about the current state of affairs!

BraziliaNZ · 02-12-2009 10:46AM

kincsem wrote: »

Do not worry. When staff take time off other public sector workers will supply cover at the standard overtime rates.

Cut one hour, pay an hour and a half to cover.

There's no such thing as overtime in the civil service these days anyway. I for one have to come in on Saturdays sometimes and don't get paid any extra for it, but someone has to do it.
People having to take 2 weeks off unpaid amounts to something like a 7% cut in the wage bill.
So they have cut costs and saved 7%, and kept the unions happy. It just means people will have to deal with their workload when they come back.
How is this such a defeat for the taxpayer?

kincsem · 02-12-2009 10:49AM

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

There's no such thing as overtime in the civil service these days anyway.

Da Frontline? Garda ?

BennyLava · 02-12-2009 10:49AM

in one way it's a good move by FF

the measure is temp one for next year only, FF know they are going to loose the next election, if that happens next year, whoever takes control will have to sort out the PS ( becoming the "bad guys" in the process), FF from the opposition benches, can start the usual hand wringing, about how they always worked with the PS and others, and things were never as bad under their leadership,
setting themselves up for reelection 5-10 years down the line

always remember (and Cowen himself said this) FF first, they couldn't give a ****e about the country as long as they have power

BraziliaNZ · 02-12-2009 10:51AM

kincsem wrote: »

Da Frontline? Garda ?

i don't know, I am civil service not Garda.
Here's what bugs me - when people come on here moaning about how they can only work 4 day weeks now etc in the private sector, now that we have to do something similar you're saying it's just more holidays for us? Why is it different for us??

Biggins · 02-12-2009 10:52AM

folan wrote: »

As someone too young to remember Haughty, but cant understand alot of Irelands unconditional love of this man, this is a big statement, and one that says alot about the current state of affairs!

There is no love of the man from me - in any shape or form.
I still can't believe that they erected a statue to him in one west port!
Charlie was an utter crook (..and he taught his then finance minister well! O' wait, that was Ahern. There's a surprise! :rolleyes: ) - BUT - the one thing he did possess just one thing that some considered an asset, and that was he was strong and willing to get something done and refused totally to be bullied.

Sizzler · 02-12-2009 10:52AM

Will the government also get an extra 12-15 days off given they are on the public payroll as well? This seems to have been glossed over :eek:

How the fook is that going to work

enda1 · 02-12-2009 10:54AM

kincsem wrote: »

Da Frontline? Garda ?

Gardaí are public service. Which frontline civil service?

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