Regarding JR’s visage, I’ve seen less potholes on a tertiary road. The Minister for Resurfacing.

The only misjudgement was electing him and his colleagues.

An absolute muppett with no concept of reality with his gp practice and his big fat td salary . Ask student nurses on with placement what they get, even worse exploitation .The arrogance of Reilly

I wonder will James Reily work for 10% of his current salary, I bet not… Another stupid move by one of our top ministers, muppets they couldn’t run a business in a fit. And that’s what our country is a big business.. Being run to bankrupt it. Give the nurses a proper starting salary, they are worth it. They work incredibly hard and long hours.

Pathetic by Peter Derbyshire to comment on the man’s appearance.

Ad hominem

I disagree strongly with the exploitation of nurses and indeed any workers but comments about Reilly’s lack of business acumen are unfounded. He is financially independent and does not need to be a minister or a ministers salary so he has taken this poison chalice in order ti effect real change in a system that had been run into the ground in the BOOM years. So far we’ve had Harney and Martin. Nobody said they were any good either. So who will fix the health service. Who CAN fix the health service? Answers or redthumbs on a postcard to ….

This man isn’t fit to be health minister. One simple example is the fact that he is a part owner of a private hospital in Kilkenny & at the same time in intent on reducing public health services in the South-East. Blatant conflict of interests.

GP? He is a property developer specialising in medical centres and nursing homes. Conflict of interest inscribed all over him like an indelible tattoo.

Financially independent and in Stubbs Gazette.
What a shining example of our “business” class.

Martain, introduced the HSE, didn’t structure it properly, but there was a vision that you could link in with
That is the concept of central decision making, absent of political interference, agree it didn’t deliver
Reilly wants to take back any independence in decision making and reintroduce failed health boards
Yes I believe he is worse

Along with half the country.

The man is scruffy.

I would gladly stand shoulder to shoulder with any 24/7 PS worker to stop this governments austerity program, my earnings are down 60% and in arrears with my mortgage. I don’t see how the strongest unions which are the PS sat by the past 5 years let the rest of the people suffer.
I did a job for a builder who didn’t pay me. He owed me 3100 euro. I got stopped by the Garda and fined for having no road tax after I explained my story.
I have no pension and I have to compete with the tradesmen in your station who work for cash.
I’ve a mate in Tara st. I’ve other Garda mates in ronanstown and ballyfermot. My sister is an ICU nurse. My father was in the valuation office for 40 years.
They all tell me stories of the poor management and waist. All I ask for is compulsory redundancy so the waist can be cleared and the best can get on with there jobs.

#waste

Is it too much for a nurse to want to be able to afford to support their families Reilly ? Is wanting reward for back breaking, emotionally draining, dangerous work ‘misjudged’ ? No wonder Fine Gael are losing popularity

and the nice little tax break he earns by allowing us mere motals walk around his stately home in the country…

I seem to remember a ‘ red letter’ announced by Reilly about 6 months ago. The day was Nov 5th and it was to be the beginning of a new regime for consultants. The consultants said ‘….No’…….and that was that. The nurses (my daughter being one) are different and can be told what to do. We are watching a slow return to ‘Feudalism’. In Spain the medical professionals and citizens are fighting tooth and nail fo the maintainance of their marvellous system…demonstrating for that which is inherently good…I despair for Ireland. My daughter has emigrated and all…all her classmates have also.

Real, great input ,

Fat, ugly, Rich and totally incompetent guarantees you a place in the health ministry of this country.

Let’s not forget arrogant, condescending and smug while we’re at it. I believed once that no public representative could be as incompetent as Harney while still talking the talk…looks like there are multiple candidates in this government excelling at lack of awareness let alone competence. If I was a health professional I’d have left this drenched banana republic than put up with such nonsense promoted with a straight face.

Those 800 nurses are already working, these are not new posts, the nurses in these posts are being told that their contract is expiring end of feb and that they should re apply for the same job that they are presently in, but will be now employed at 20pc less than their current wage.. Wish people would see through this.. They are NOT new jobs and it does not mean, like Mr O’reilly would like the public to believe, that it would mean 800 less on the dole, these nurses are already employed

Then after the meeting they can go to Coopers to flash there badges to get in for free. Call in sick to work the next day cause there too hung over and head of to 3 Mobile and get a discount on there phone!!

Good comment Brian. Thanks.

Brian, the savings required mean he has to “go back to the trough”. That’s where the volume is. A couple hundred thousand actually. Don’t disagree with you on high earners but there’s not enough of them to make any real difference…

Glad you enjoyed it you right wing nut.

Any chance Charlie you could make a constructive contribution to the comments rather then insults?

I find your comments insults to my intelligence. And how about you making a constructive contribution?

Come join us Mark. You seem like good craic.

So the level of your intelligence is to call people names?

And your is to ridicule nurses. You’re a big boy deal with it.

Climb back under your bridge troll

So I’m a troll because I won’t let right wing nuts say what they like. Boo hoo.

Sorry Charlie, that comment was meant for Mark – your comments were right on the money

Can you show me where I ridiculed nurses? I simple pointed out that Garda get free into night clubs, get paid for being sick and get a discount on there phone bills.

You didn’t say Guards are paid for being sick you said they call in sick hungover after a night out. I’ve been listening to the same rubbish from you and other right wing idiots all my life.

Wow! I can’t believe you unlocked the key to why nurses become nurses! 3 mobile discounts and free entry to coppers!! Your a muppet

I was going to say well said Brian but when I saw you name I just wanted to slap you, I know you’ve nothing to do with the one who help create this mess but a reflex compulsion all the same

Your right Charlie, I’m wrong no Garda has ever called in sick because they drank to much. Just a nasty flu!

That’s it Dave you caught me out, I’m a troll. Thanks for your contribution.

Now you’re getting it Mark

No relation, surname is spelt differently. You think you’re the first to point out I share my name with the late Minister of Finance? Or his da? From junior-infants it’s followed me. Wouldn’t mind, but my folks were Fine Gael (until Garret Fitzgerald fecked up the party).
Thanks for agreeing with me though. Reilly & Shatter are belligerent, self-serving bullies. Reilly is in my constituency, Hell will freeze over before he gets any preference vote from me.

Mark, learn the difference between ‘there’ and ‘their’. Oh and learn how to spell ‘waste’. Its not ‘waist’.

You should clarify what you mean by this statement.
Redundancies across the board in the Public Service? So you want more nurses, more firemen, and more Gardai to be made redundant? You think these are unnecessary jobs that the unions are trying to get pay increases for or keeping the jobs just for the sake of it?
You don’t seem to be clued in to what’s going on at all.

It’s not hard, if your not needed then get sacked.
If you needed more nurses then hire more nurses.
If there’s too many mangers or admin then they should be let go.

I’d imagine the people who voted for Dr Reilly are delighted with him since he is delivering a health service in their constituency. James is just a symptom of a failed political system. None of our politicians needs to (or can afford to) think beyond the parish pump.

Not too sure on his maths skills though. If he was expecting to save €10 million by employing 1,000 nurses at a salary reduction of 20%, then he should be saving €50 million if nobody takes up the job offers. Why the stupid statement that he’ll need to save the €10 million elsewhere?

Simply put your an idiot Mark.

Good comment idiot

Because he hasn’t been able to sack the high cost temps the grass were to replace…

It seems it is Hard for Reilly and his bunch of muppets to follow that common sense. The sooner he disappears up his own arsehole the better

Mark Hickey, yes Gardai, nurses, paramedics and firefighters get paid sick leave, holiday pay other “benefits” but lets look at what they do for you ? First Gardai, Nurses, Paramedics and the firefighters are graduates of the university, but il break it down for you why they get this;
You crash your car, roll it over an embankment, your pinned in with a series of serious injuries lets say you have a collapsed lung, a fractured femur and a head injury! First to arrive are the Gardai and ambulance, the Gardai block of the road to traffic, as the paramedics assess your injuries and call for an advanced paramedic, they start to treat your injuries, while your upside down and stabilise you, firefighters arrive and between them and the paramedics carefully extricate you from the wreck and move you out in a way to minimise further injury to your spine. You then stop breathing because your collapsed lung is putting pressure on your heart, the advanced paramedic reinflates your lung while the paramedic puts a tube down to secure your airway and breath for you, your fracture is reduced and you receive a drip, you are brought to hospital, where surgeons permanently repair the damage, the nurses maintain your safety in hospital while giving you adequate pain relief and giving you dignity! I don’t know but this group of people deserve more then McDonald’s wages, don’t you think?? Or the discounts

Wow!! Thanks for explaining a car crash. Yes they should get well paid. The should also stop protecting high paid management and others PS workers that are not needed.

How are they protecting them?

@kevin..brilliantly put.@ mark.. Arrogance is a trait I thoroughly dislike!!

Mark Hickey! ‘They’re’ not ‘there’ and ‘you’re’ not ‘your’! Learn some basic grammar!

Tom, nobody forced you into your career either and you are the one who should be glad to have these nurses working 24/7 365 to look after the health and well being of those who need them. Your obvious ignorance of the terms and conditions of employment in the nursing profession leads me to believe that it’s ICTU and IBEC who educated you. The propoganda machinery of the government is quite well resourced. As a consequence of this lack of good information, you are probably blissfully unaware that the Frontline Emergency Services do not have access to the necessary equipment or resources to carry out even the basics of their jobs safely and effectively.
I hope this doesn’t put a damper on your Sunday morning read but instead gives you a yearning for the real facts. Visit a fire station, Garda station, casualty department of a public hospital or an ambulance station and speak to the staff there and see for yourself. Ask them how it feels. After that I welcome your reply. Slan go foill.

Tom Maguire, poor you ! Do you know I am a paramedic and work 12 hour shifts often spilling over in to 13/14 hours,I come in at 7am I often have to go until late afternoon just to have breakfast let alone a break and when I do, more times than not it’s interrupted by an emergency call, my pay scale is similar to yours but only because of these”public service ” allowances ” these are stripped away by prsi, paye, USC, pension and a pension levy that takes triple the value of my pension contribution. So on top of 42% tax I pay an additional 20% approx to the state ! My students and interns are on 25k and they are worse of! For that we are available 24/7, risk our health, safety and well being, we miss holidays like Christmas, late home for dinner and all for the fact that we want to make our communities safer ! In Australia nurses and paramedics are on the equivalent of 60 to 70 k euro a year over here we max out scale wise between 36 and 42 k a year! These jobs are a vocation and deserve to have their sacrifice rewarded, more than a banker or someone who’s never worked! Have you any idea how frustrating it is to walk into a house that has the latest tv on the wall with sky hd and the occupiers who never worked a day in there lives are pissed and having a domestic and you can barely afford your electricity ??

Tom , graduate nurses have options, they are wanted for the experience gained while training, their different to you who need further experience to Gain employment,
They get no other allowances other than nights /weekend and public holiday pay , they work these shifts and the shifts deserve a premium
All nurses are monitored, by patients / visitors and management grades, they too lose their jobs if deemed incompetent , sanctioned by their job and professional body
I don’t know what the point is your trying to make

Have you any idea how frustrating it is when a paramedic undercuts my price by offering to work for cash???

I work in a hospital and I know that most nurses don’t get a break at all during a thirteen hour shift, and if they make a mistake then people can die. That puts your predicament in perspective I think. Our hospitals are staffed by brilliant nurses but never forget the old adage,’if you pay peanuts then you end up getting monkeys’.

Tom it was offered, and rejected, market forces are in play, now move on , an alternative is required, pay the going rate and save money on agency payments, or be pig headed and alienate nursing staff, while maintaining large agency costs

Tom it’s not about other graduates though! Nurses are vital to running the hospitals, advanced nurse practitioners take pressure of the intern or junior doctors! We are short staffed in the areas other countries consider vital! We have 2 neurosurgical services for entire country, we have a largely retained fire service ,a shortage of paramedics, we have a police service that can’t protect themselves! At the same time, we have 8 payrolls for the HSE, we have 10 to 4 admin staff, we have a social welfare system that prevents genuine access and needs to be reformed and we have duplication of the dept of health in the guise of the hse! We have a population of Bermingham yet we are paying our Taoiseach more then Barack Obama and he can blow us up!! Nursing graduates and out medical graduates are vital! They are not equal to other graduates of art degrees so no I think you are blatantly wrong in your thinking Tom ! Graduates are not all equal just as the generalisation and villianisation of the public sector is not equal !

since 2009 newly graduated nurses have seen a 40% cut. Did that idiot O Reilly take a 40% cut in that time? he did in my arse. He wants to sack 1000 agency nurses and take them back on at 80% so there is no creation of 1000 jobs. He’s an out and disgrace

Tom, your not really getting it so ill simplify it for u… Nurses are qualified nurses when they get their degree, not trainee’s. Unlike most other degree’s, nurses are in ward training from year one of their 4 year degree (the course is a mixture of classroom theory and practical which requires wards/caring homes/health practices etc training). Student Nurses have to work 12-13 hour shifts not 9-4 classroom hours anyhow once a nurse is qualified (graduated nurse) they have full responsibility of their patients, so whether you have 20 years experience or 1 month, once your qualified your patients are your responsibility! Nobody will be holding your hand. I don’t know where your getting this idea that nurses still need more training after they graduate, the 4 year nursing programme covers every aspect a nurses job will require. There is no more training unless a nurse goes back to college to further her degree. What is it your not getting that you think it’s acceptable for a nurse to be on the same pay as someone starting in a til in a supermarket (no disrespect to them but they don’t gav

ON not in a till! They don’t have responsibility over people’s lives and don’t need a degree to work on the till. Yes its heartbreaking that people with degree’s have to emigrate but don’t take it out on nurses (which most are also emigrating for better pay and work conditions anyway), recession or not we need them! I am not a nurse but I have witnessed the work they do and don’t think their profession should be degraded like this.