Central Remedial Clinic debacle

Lets get real here folks, this type of under the counter dealing and playing fast and loose with public monies is nothing new, neither in the public or private /voluntary sector. Just that it's getting an airing now at the instigation of the Fine Gael and Labour coalition (masquerading as our government) in order to divert attention from their own shambolic management of this country and because their own hands are clean..for once , it appears.
I'm not defending any of the voluntary sector CEO's or their Boards or the HSE for that matter but it suits Kenny, Reilly, Hogan & Co to have the spotlight shone elsewhere rather than on their own tawdry shenanigans - think Irish Water and the €50m nobody knows about, think overruns in Health Budget, think Water Charges, think all the broken pre election promises, think Eirgrid running roughshod over rural communities in the south east etc, think cuts to social services etc etc..... Nice diversion this CRC stuff !
And boy aren't Deputies Ross, McDonald,McGuinness and a few low profile faceless back bench hangers on loving the spotlight ! Were there to be a sniff of FG/Labour(or FF for that matter) involvement or imprimatur to any of the shady goings on in these voluntary agencies, would there be such a feeding frenzy on the mis-management of these agencies?? I wonder would Deputy Ross and Deputy McDonald be as liberal with their accusations of lying etc were they not to have the protection of Dail privilege - innocent until guilty indeed !
I suppose it will all help Deputy Ross's re-election campaign whenever the time comes( west Brit and pompous self righteousness goes down well in Dublin South it seems - slip on the Blueshirt, Deputy), as will Deputy McDonald's own dubious Shinner baggage be helpfully assuaged/forgotten from her new found moral high ground, a crowded place these days for populist wannabe's ! And as for Deputy McGuinness,in his lofty position as chair of this august committee and lately a FF convert to fiscal governance , it wasnt that long ago since he was advocating that we, willing taxpayers that we are, should pony up not alone TD junkets but lets pay for the WAGS to tag along as well !
Are we really taken in by all this diversion, while Kenny and his government trample our country and our spirit underfoot so that himself, Noonan etc can be proclaimed the wunderkind of Europe and snuggle lap dog like at the feet of Frau Merkel and Messers Rehn, Schauble, Barroso et al
Roll on 2016 or perhaps sooner when ordinary folk get to do our own interrogation of the honourable deputies and pass our own judgements ! Then again, this is Local & European Election year is'nt it ??? Lets start now !!!

We need a Charity Regulator NOW.
It would help if the word "charity" was restricted to organisations that do charitable work.
The other businesses should be obliged to use the word "SCAM" in their title and in all their advertising and approaches to the public.

diomed wrote: »

We need a Charity Regulator NOW.
It would help if the word "charity" was restricted to organisations that do charitable work.
The other businesses should be obliged to use the word "SCAM" in their title and in all their advertising and approaches to the public.

Ah yeah. Lets employ one, a load of staff, a building shure, generous pensions all 'round.


What we need to do is make the gardy do their fcuking jobs properly.

Another aspect of this debacle is the question of audit ? Where do the charity's auditors ( internal or external ) fit into this ? Asleep on the job or just turning a blind eye ? The governance gaps are so glaringly obvious , did nobody shout stop ? See no evil, hear no evil etc etc. Also as an agency under the aegis of the HSE, how come routine HSE or Dept of Health oversight of voluntary agencies (part funded from the health budget ) failed to uncover the goings on in CRC , rather than allowing these thrill seeking TD's the dubious credit of exposing what's happening now ?

zerks wrote: »

Scandal after scandal get's uncovered in this country and nobody goes to jail.If anyone does it's for trivial things such as contempt of court.
Unfortunately this will be forgotten about as the next scandal pops up,no lessons learned.Just look at the Anglo Tapes scenario,if that happened in the States,there'd be at least 2 bankers behind bars for 20 years each.Not in Ireland though,all we get are cries of contracts,historical events & we can't do anything about it.The same judicial system jailed a man for 6 years for improper declarations on the importation of garlic.Fraud is fraud and there should be no discrimination (unless they are friends of the government:rolleyes: )

If it was China, they would already have been executed.

Wind In The Willows wrote: »

Lets get real here folks, this type of under the counter dealing and playing fast and loose with public monies is nothing new, neither in the public or private /voluntary sector. Just that it's getting an airing now at the instigation of the Fine Gael and Labour coalition (masquerading as our government) in order to divert attention from their own shambolic management of this country and because their own hands are clean..for once , it appears.
I'm not defending any of the voluntary sector CEO's or their Boards or the HSE for that matter but it suits Kenny, Reilly, Hogan & Co to have the spotlight shone elsewhere rather than on their own tawdry shenanigans - think Irish Water and the €50m nobody knows about, think overruns in Health Budget, think Water Charges, think all the broken pre election promises, think Eirgrid running roughshod over rural communities in the south east etc, think cuts to social services etc etc..... Nice diversion this CRC stuff !
And boy aren't Deputies Ross, McDonald,McGuinness and a few low profile faceless back bench hangers on loving the spotlight ! Were there to be a sniff of FG/Labour(or FF for that matter) involvement or imprimatur to any of the shady goings on in these voluntary agencies, would there be such a feeding frenzy on the mis-management of these agencies?? I wonder would Deputy Ross and Deputy McDonald be as liberal with their accusations of lying etc were they not to have the protection of Dail privilege - innocent until guilty indeed !
I suppose it will all help Deputy Ross's re-election campaign whenever the time comes( west Brit and pompous self righteousness goes down well in Dublin South it seems - slip on the Blueshirt, Deputy),as will Deputy McDonald's own dubious Shinner baggage be helpfully assuaged/forgotten from her new found moral high ground, a crowded place these days for populist wannabe's ! And as for Deputy McGuinness,in his lofty position as chair of this august committee and lately a FF convert to fiscal governance , it wasnt that long ago since he was advocating that we, willing taxpayers that we are, should pony up not alone TD junkets but lets pay for the WAGS to tag along as well !
Are we really taken in by all this diversion, while Kenny and his government trample our country and our spirit underfoot so that himself, Noonan etc can be proclaimed the wunderkind of Europe and snuggle lap dog like at the feet of Frau Merkel and Messers Rehn, Schauble, Barroso et al
Roll on 2016 or perhaps sooner when ordinary folk get to do our own interrogation of the honourable deputies and pass our own judgements ! Then again, this is Local & European Election year is'nt it ??? Lets start now !!!

Waubble wousing ahoy!

Jasus would you like to start a party or something just so we can all vote for you?!