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Nice waste of money...

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  • #32
    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    the_monkey wrote: »
    http://www.rte.ie/news/av/2011/1019/media-3085616.html#


    unreal ...

    Why is it a waste of money, it should have been built years ago. It will give the kids a better start in life. I suppose if it was in Dublin it would be ok.


  • #33
    meoklmrk91
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,083 ✭✭✭meoklmrk91


    Freddie59 wrote: »
    Yeah. €3Bn squandered in Limerick will definitely change the world.:rolleyes: Crass stereotypes......yeah.:rolleyes:

    Squandered in Limerick?, do you think there would be an area where it would be better spent, if so please make some suggestions. Where could be a better place to squander money than on educating and giving better lives to the people of this country, we will never attract new business if we don't have a highly educated workforce.

    If you have an opinion to share then please do, but explain yourself. And making a crass remark to not count as an answer to a question.


  • #34
    Logical Fallacy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,933 ✭✭✭Logical Fallacy


    Micky Dolenz wrote: »
    Have you actually anything to contribute besides begrudgery?

    Given the bible quote in the sig i'm gonna go with no.


  • #35
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,651 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    Logical Fallacy wrote: »
    Given the bible quote in the sig i'm gonna go with no.
    Which I think is from Jesus' sermon on the mount where he announces that the poor are blessed.

    Not in Freddie's eyes, it seems. Apparently the poor can go and fuck themselves.


  • #36
    judas101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,581 ✭✭✭judas101


    Freddie59 wrote: »
    Utter waste of money. Amazing how it can be spent on 'disadvantaged areas' but not elsewhere. More of the same.:rolleyes:
    Freddie59 wrote: »
    Of course it is.....:rolleyes: get the army in; flush them out; make an example...and proceed from there - wherever this shyte is going on in Ireland. Oh - I forgot; we'd be breaching people's 'human' rights.:rolleyes: And they'd only be queueing up on here to moan about it.
    Freddie59 wrote: »
    Waste of €3Bn?
    Freddie59 wrote: »
    Yeah. €3Bn squandered in Limerick will definitely change the world.:rolleyes: Crass stereotypes......yeah.:rolleyes:

    Judging from your sig, you are a religious person.
    How can your beliefs justify 'flushing out' disadvantaged people?
    Surely your God would encourage you to help others, especially children?

    This is clearly the first step in a large regeneration scheme (1.4M of 3B)
    The ignorance of your post genuinely infuriated me.

    You are either a troll or a genuinely horrible person, possibly both.*rolleyez*


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  • #37
    sdanseo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,299 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    Waste of money my arse. They spent 50 times as much driving ministers around last year alone.


  • #38
    chucken1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭chucken1


    Logical Fallacy wrote: »
    Given the bible quote in the sig i'm gonna go with no.
    El Weirdo wrote: »
    Which I think is from Jesus' sermon on the mount where he announces that the poor are blessed.

    Not in Freddie's eyes, it seems. Apparently the poor can go and fuck themselves.
    judas101 wrote: »
    Judging from your sig, you are a religious person.
    How can your beliefs justify 'flushing out' disadvantaged people?
    Surely your God would encourage you to help others, especially children?

    This is clearly the first step in a large regeneration scheme (1.4M of 3B)
    The ignorance of your post genuinely infuriated me.

    You are either a troll or a genuinely horrible person, possibly both.*rolleyez*


    The guy is a christian?

    He may sit back and look at it then....


  • #39
    Temptamperu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭Temptamperu


    I dont really begrudge it. but why is the government paying for it? if it is badly needed surely a private firm could build it and run it.


  • #40
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,967 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    The fees in a creche are almost a second mortgage, hugely expensive.
    However the staff are low paid, pretty much minimum wage even though they are qualified and have certs for the job.

    If the State could set up branches around Ireland and run them just to break even so parents get lower fees and the staff get better wages it would be ideal.

    The State doesn't always have a good record of providing services efficiently though.

    And so there are more private creches. You ask why the State paid for it, I would think there are few enough in St Marys who can afford several hundred a month on creche fees, it's a struggle for most anyone working


  • #41
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,808 ✭✭✭✭smash


    I wouldn't ever say a crèche is a waste of money, especially in troubled areas. They teach children social skills and educate them. Something a lot of children wouldn't receive as much at home.


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  • #42
    speedboatchase
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,891 ✭✭✭speedboatchase


    Temptamperu wrote: »
    I dont really begrudge it. but why is the government paying for it? if it is badly needed surely a private firm could build it and run it.

    Nail on the head


  • #43
    Leslie Hissing Marmoset
    Posts: 81,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Leslie Hissing Marmoset


    the creche was 1.4m and well may they get good use out of it
    :confused:


  • #44
    FetchTheGin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 857 ✭✭✭FetchTheGin


    Temptamperu wrote: »
    I dont really begrudge it. but why is the government paying for it? if it is badly needed surely a private firm could build it and run it.

    Well, privately run creches cost a lot of money for parents, it also wouldn't be a great investment for a Private firm to set up shop in a disadvantaged area.


  • #45
    shay2010
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭shay2010


    And they would be paying protection money within a couple of days


  • #46
    leggit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 936 ✭✭✭leggit


    should have built a family planning centre instead of a creche....


  • #47
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,967 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    leggit wrote: »
    should have built a family planning centre instead of a creche....

    Snide remark and you don't know Limerick as there is a large center between O'Connell St and the train station, easily walkable distance from the island

    If this creche was setup on North Circular Road or Dooradoyle or Castletroy it wouldn't attract half of these smart comments


  • #48
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    A decent childcare facility, yet it's a waste of money because it's in a poor area? Beautiful... :rolleyes:


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