Yeah. In a way this isn’t really a bad thing. NGOs need to remember their mission and do away with the corporate structure and the idea the salaries in this range can be countenanced.

I hate that law that makes your only choice one between 88k and zero.

Damon minimum wage laws.

You can be sure he took the cut too……

Exactly. Unvouched expenses is where the money is at.

Would you get Real!!!!!!!!
We have hundreds of teachers earning this level of salary.

Paddy Rogers

can bring the verified figures to prove that statement…

88k for teachers??????????

Fergus Finlay donates his earnings from media work (such as Newstalk) to Barnardos.

Ambrose,

You sure?

Good for him if that is the case.

However ,why not let him keep his salary from other sources ( eg Newstalk) and only take minimum expenses from Barnardos, and the minimum wage ( or equivalent of the average industrial wage )for hours worked at the charity.

Indeed, my mistake!

and 800,000 is a lot too!

How do they harass you?

By regularly deploying themselves outside my place of work so I have to run the gauntlet at least twice a day but usually four, if I dare go out to lunch. By disingenuously pretending to be a long lost friend, complete with over familiarity. By stopping me going about my business. By not taking a polite no for an answer and forcing me to be blunt to a complete stranger. By making me go through all the above again when I meet the next one that’s camped 10 metres further on.

Chugging should be banned.

I have seen the “chuggers” operating around Grafton street. They are incredibly agressive and don’t take no for an answer.
They hassle and harass people to the point of being told to “get lost”
(not quite those words).

Dead right, Tom. They should be banned.

It’s not a waste to question his salary.

His work is just as essential as many other workers, binmen, nurses, teachers, carpenters, washing machine maintenance guys…for a good society to function. Why aren’t you arguing for 88k salaries for them?

NOBODY denies the great work , and essential nature of Barnardos, but they need as an organisation to be accountable for every penny they raise, if they wish to receive government funding and donations as a charity.

The same standards need to apply to all
Charity Workers, Bankers, Politicians , ‘the real losers’ ….everybody!

The moment an exception is made for one category, it gives an excuse to others.

The salary isnt whats in question its his idiotic statement “if i could work for nothing i would”. So the new pay scale is 88k or 0

The fact that 88k might be on the low side for the chief executive of an Irish Charity does not mean that the sum is not excessive.
Many other public and private sector workers do extremely worthwhile and important jobs for less than half that sum. What salary were those firefighters , who were attacked , taking home?

I like Fergus Finlay, and Barnardos is wonderful, but his statements about his salary do not make me more likely to donate to Barnardos.

And don’t get me started on GOAL !

SVP for my donations at the moment.

And how much do you think the CEO of SVP is paid?

No idea Bernard

I am hanging my head in shame

I usually give foodstuffs or cash to local collectors.( Now I have an image of the CEO taking out some of the teabags from the box.) ;0)

Charities are subject to strict regulation in Ireland. If you check the published accounts of most you will see how much they raise and how much it costs them to do so.

The salaries of senior banking executives are immoral and repugnant to me .

Using them to justify another large salary is not a valid argument.

Why not argue that the salary of a hospice nurse should be on par with the senior bank executives.

Until as a community we stop trying to justify the excessive salaries of some people we won’t make any progress towards equality and a better future.

No organisation can justify huge salaries without having exploited somebody along the way.

Again I like Fergus Finlay and Barnardos and the work they do.When his salary is on par with the national industrial wage I will get off my soapbox.

No that donation was not left to Barnardos.

I think that was Barratstown.

my mistake thanks ambrose and mike.

thanks mike and ambrose. my mistake.

sorry missed that it was in the article

The Irish operation is completely separate to the UK one so if such a lawsuit is taking place there is no connection with Barnardo’s in Ireland

www,prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/class-action-suit-launched-against-barnardos-154533575.html

http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/class-action-suit-launched-against-barnardos-154533575.html

No Diarmud ,to infer that one section of Barnardos is seperate from the other is a cop-out, Barnardo himself was a dublin after all

Barnardo died in 1905 so I think to start trying to connect him to these issues is a bit of a stretch.The simple fact is that they are separate organisations. You can check the legal structures of them if you wish. Might I suggest that your icon indicates that your real issue is that you are campaiging against the Children’s Referendum and are using this to have a go at Barnardo’s?

The legalities of been a registered company in two different juristictions may in your mind seperate them , but a for profit charity is the same no matter how you would like to pretty it up , their mission statement is the same, how much is Barnardos spending on the childrens referendum ? , the fact that i am totally against this assault on the family unit has nothing to do with the dis-trust i have for a charity who’s top 8 executives took home several million euro in salaries last year

“for a charity who’s (sic) top 8 executives took home several million euro in salaries last year”
According to the financial report on their website the top 8 executives were paid a total of €800,000. Can you explain how you got your figure of “several million euro”

http://www.barnardos.ie/assets/files/Annual%20Reviews/G5891%20-%20Barnardos%20Directors%20Report%20&%20Financial%20Statements%202011%20WEB.pdf (Page 35)

800 million is a lot of money on salary for Barnardos top 8 execs

€800,000! Bit of a difference between the two figures!

replied in wrong space !

My mistake
800.0000 not 800 million

Still, a lot of money

Indeed Diarmaid you are correct , their combined salaries was 800,000eu , this does not include expenses however nor indeed their income from their Gaurdian Ad Litem services which generated almost 3 million last year from the Irish taxpayer , i have no problen admitting to any errors i have made but won’t for one moment be hoodwinked into thinking Fergus Finlay or the organisation he represents have saintly status , you have failed to comment on the lawsuit before the Canadian courts by the way

The income from the Guardian Ad Litem is organisational income, it has nothing to do with what the executives were paid. I have no idea about their expenses but I assume that, unlike our TDs, all expenses are vouched for.

The issue before the Canadian courts relates to 30,000 children moved from the UK (it’s not clear from the article whether Irish children were involved but as were part of the UK for some of the time they probably were) to Canada from 1870 to 1939. I don’t see the connection between that and the Barnardo’s organisation as it exists in Ireland today.

@Deasun, I think you need to check your facts a little more carefully before making statements that are incorrect. With the right to freedom of speech afforded by comment boards like this comes the responsibility to ensure your comments are at least accurate.
Barnardos in Ireland has no connection whatsoever with the UK organisation. Their aims are similar, but even their mission statement is different.
The top executives did not have salaries of ‘several million’ last year (the correct figure is easily checked had you bothered to do so).
I wonder will your arguments against the children’s rights referendum be based on an equally inaccurate analysis of the facts?