…. with a touch of a koala thrown in for good measure ………

so your saying they are going ahead with the cuts if its a roundabout. Hmmmm

Simon, the man has left doughnuts on the crossroads.
I can’t tell his arse from his face at the moment!

We are the only country to have red lights on roundabouts. The government acknowledge that the Irish just can’t handle making decisions. Another example of telling us where to go, and when.

Mark – its not that we got what we wanted. We got what we need in order to survive living day to day – PAs do tasks for us that everyone else takes for granted. Think for a moment how, without the use of your arms or legs you would get up in the morning, shower, shave, dress, eat breakfast, get to work…how in work you would be able to shift papers and files, answer the phone…even though you are as intelligent as your work colleagues. Think for a moment how, without the use of your arms or legs you would get home from work. Some of us have families and need assistance preparing meals, etc. Some people have speech problems caused by their disabilities and need a PA to act as their interpreter for doctor visits or hospital visits. Imagine being worried about a medical problem but not being able to communicate symptoms to your doctor? All of these things are hurdles we, as PA users, have to face every day from the moment we wake up. So everyone, we did not get what we wanted – we took back what we need to survive on a somewhat level playing field to every other tax paying citizen in this country. Why should we be treated as sub-human or second class citizens?

Wrong choice of word then. But you protested because you did not want the cuts to happen and the cuts didnt happen so you got what you wanted did you not? I know full well how people need personal assistance to get by in every day life, i was just making the point that if people who claim they want or need different things protested like the pensioners did instead of sitting back and letting it happen we might not have as much to complain about!

Following in the footsteps of Mary Harney. They are all poster boy’s for the department.. NOT

Dont mind councillors , tear up that morally repugnant gravy charter that is “croke park” . I call on all the anti-house hold charge folks and “social activists”to examine real social unjustice in this country and it will take them directly to croke park stadium . We wouldn’t be discussing savage cuts to health services if this shower of cowards in goverment grew a pair !

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2012/0907/1224323695579.html

You got to love the red thumbing gravy train residents . Scurilous Hypocits . I won’t pay this , I wont pay that , blame the banks , blame the bondholders, which are all great points if they were the sole reason the county is in a hole . No , sadly ,The most pressing resaon that our health service is about to be decimated further is we spend way more than we take in , Simple so far ? and guess what, a hell of lot of it goes on high wages in public sector ( I know not all of you are on fat cats salaries , so spare me the stories of “ I earn 20 cent a month , rubbish , get your unions to break the link with the fact cat guys that use you as a shield) . Besides the CSO just published the facts about how much more Pub is paid than Private on average depsite tenure and all the other trimmings . So , bring on more red thumbs , let the old guy die ‘casue a ward must be closed or he couldn’t get the treatment he needed at home , lets cut back on mental health services , sure their mad who cares . No , your pay is important , you need to make a stand against the tryanical “man” lest we join the race to the bottom . And besides our Public adminstartors are worth a least 40% more than their european couterparts so what if country is broke , sure, not to worry we can stay borrowing away ,the ECB is going to start buying our bonds , we’ll get a great deal on the interest .

there is no doubting his incompetence, but now its becoming obvious he is in need of psychiatric support.

Wishfully thinking that…. Or maybe he will do a bobby Ewing tell us all we were dreaming or in Irish Citizen’s case on health Dr Death will say it was all a nightmare

The deception perpetrated is nothing to do with being broke financially. I think the civil servants set up these foolish politicians.

We dont seem to be too broke to pay the perks that came in during the boom, or pay outside advisors when the government is full of them, or pay endless perks and pay rises to their friends in big jobs!