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cruais

The cheeky pup is just the same as he rest of them and full of BS!

www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/taoiseach-made-almost-half-of-government-jet-trips-561073.html

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washman3

And all that just to go and hide behind the curtains at the summits...!!!

the blueshirt apologists will be on here shortly to defend him..;)

hawkelady

cruais wrote: »

The cheeky pup is just the same as he rest of them and full of BS!

www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/taoiseach-made-almost-half-of-government-jet-trips-561073.html

Sure isn't he everyone's lapdog. Wagging his tail for all of europes hierarchy !!
Phil hogan travels with him to pick up the poo with a pooper scooper !!

Richard Hillman

Ah the anti-government media strike again

admiralofthefleet

varadker says 'we arent using it for fear of media critisism'. so they dont care about the cost to the taxpayer, just what the media might say

SocSocPol

What did you really expect?

uriah

cruais wrote: »

The cheeky pup is just the same as he rest of them and full of BS!

www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/taoiseach-made-almost-half-of-government-jet-trips-561073.html

"Taoiseach Enda Kenny has made use of the Government's private jet more than any other cabinet member, accounting for 45% of the trips taken on the plane since taking office last March.

According to the Sunday Independent, Enda Kenny has used the Government jet 26 times - four of these trips were to the US and had a combined cost of €206,000.

The Taoiseach has used the €3,790-an-hour Gulfstream GIV jet to fly to Brussels mostly, but has also taken in destinations including Washington, London and Berlin.

However, use of the Government jet by the Cabinet has declined overall.."

www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/taoiseach-made-almost-half-of-government-jet-trips-561073.html

They regard as news the fact that the taoiseach has used the jet more than any minister?? Are these journalists children?

Could they give us a comparison of the use/cost of the jet now compared to Bertie's/Cowen's last year in office?

phasers

Seems like he used the jet for official duties. What's the issue? That's what it's for surely...

Unless he was using the flights to pick up chicks or something

boardzz

How else is he supposed to get to the countries?

ArmaniJeanss

cruais wrote: »

The cheeky pup is just the same as he rest of them and full of BS!

www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/taoiseach-made-almost-half-of-government-jet-trips-561073.html

I thought this was what people wanted, that the government jet would no longer be used by cabinet ministers to swan around in and would be reserved just for the serious business of An Taoiseach.

But by the basic laws of maths if the other ministers stop using it then the percentage of use by An Taoiseach is going to increase, even if his actual use has stayed the same or even decreased.

But surely no-one is actually complaining about this???

Where To

Move along please.

Nothing to see here.

Richard Hillman

If Enda Kenny went to meeting in London with David Cameron and used a dingy to get over the Irish sea and cycled from Holyhead from London and back, the media will pick up on the price of the dingy and the bike.

No matter who is running the country, the media will always be anti government to appeal to the lowest common denominator.

washman3

The apologists have arrived.... just a predicted....;)

suicide_circus

Where To wrote: »

Move along please.

Nothing to see here.

I read this in enda's voice

ejmaztec

boardzz wrote: »

How else is he supposed to get to the countries?

Strapped to a cruise missile.

Firefox11

Taoiseach uses Government jet for Government business shocker!!:rolleyes:

plein de force

He's the taoiseach, of course he'll use it more than any other cabinet member, he's the most 'important'
and it's for government business which it's intended, what's the issue?

Biggins

cruais wrote: »

The cheeky pup is just the same as he rest of them and full of BS!

www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/taoiseach-made-almost-half-of-government-jet-trips-561073.html

Honestly, I would have a problem with Enda if he did as one Mary Harney did (and use official state aircraft for just the likes of going to officially open a friends pub) but he's been using the plane for flying to the United States etc on official business - fair enough!

I criticise the u-turn artist and coward a lot but official use of the state plane for what looks like genuine use, is not something I'd use in trying to have a go at him.

He's accountable for bigger things - which deserves bigger criticism I feel.

Rabies

cruais wrote: »

The cheeky pup is just the same as he rest of them and full of BS!

www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/taoiseach-made-almost-half-of-government-jet-trips-561073.html

The government owns a jet. Its used for work.

The Taoiseach has used the €3,790-an-hour Gulfstream GIV jet to fly to Brussels mostly, but has also taken in destinations including Washington, London and Berlin.

Do you expect him to take a Ryanair flight?

eth0

It wouldn't be so bad if he gave free lifts to anyone who wanted to go along

ejmaztec

It's well worth the effort, because he's such an orator and persuasive individual, that there are going to be hundreds of thousands, if not millions of jobs created when all those foreign investors in awe of his arse-licking ability set up thousands of businesses the length and breadth of the country. There will be so many jobs, we'll all have at least 20 each.

cruais

Well this is a government who can't provide adequate services to the nation, due to cut backs and lack of finances but he has time to take the jet around. What's stopping him from booking an aerlingus flight to take him to the states or to take him over to his new adopted country that is Germany.

I've seen plenty of politicians, past and present on aerlingus flights so why is he any different.

It's €3790 per hour!

squod

Rabies wrote: »

Do you expect him to take a Ryanair flight?

Expected him to fly crossdressair

later12

Rabies wrote: »

Do you expect him to take a Ryanair flight?

In fairness while this is a non-story, and of course the Government jet should be used for times when a regular flight is unavailable or too slow, I don't think the concept of government ministers or the Taoiseach flying Ryanair should be out of the question, no.

If it's good enough for the Queen of Spain, it should be good enough for all of our Queens in cabinet.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/5429821/Spanish-Queen-sets-example-with-13-Ryanair-flight-to-London.html

efb

Such a non story

Rabies

squod wrote: »

Expected him to fly crossdressair

Eh.. ok.

Flown with them before? Did you get well serviced?

dvpower

washman3 wrote: »

The apologists have arrived.... just a predicted....;)

efb wrote: »

Such a non story

These stories are like pornography for the whingers.

cruais

I'm not saying that it should never be used. But to take it for every single trip over seas is rediculous.

In that article it states that he took it to Washington. Flight time from Dublin to Washington is approx 7 hours. A return flight would have caused the tax payer €55,580!

All so enda could give the bowl of shamrock to obama.

dvpower

cruais wrote: »

I'm not saying that it should never be used. But to take it for every single trip over seas is rediculous.

In that article it states that he took it to Washington. Flight time from Dublin to Washington is approx 7 hours. A return flight would have caused the tax payer €55,580!

All so enda could give the bowl of shamrock to obama.

Have you checked that Enda alone was on that flight? If there were a number of people on it, it changes the maths somewhat.

Rabies

cruais wrote: »

I'm not saying that it should never be used. But to take it for every single trip over seas is rediculous.

In that article it states that he took it to Washington. Flight time from Dublin to Washington is approx 7 hours. A return flight would have caused the tax payer €55,580!

All so enda could give the bowl of shamrock to obama.

I'm sure this one was probably ignored.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0219/china.html
Trying to secure foreign interest in Ireland. You know that bit about getting international companies in here, imports/exports, trade, trying to creating employment.

Oh ya, lets go with the negative stuff, its more fun.

cruais

dvpower wrote: »

Have you checked that Enda alone was on that flight? If there were a number of people on it, it changes the maths somewhat.

Well a standard flight return to the states would be roughly €600-700. So say he had a posy of 10 with him, it's still rings in at €7000.

So, it would change the maths somewhat. It would have saved the tax payer €48,580