All politicians should be working flat out.

I dont question he’s working “flat out” I question who is he working for

Heard this interview this morning on Newstalk, Minister Bruton (in true political fashion) avoided answering as many questions as possible. Talked a lot, said nothing.

Just because he’s “working flatout” doesn’t mean he’s doing well or is the best man for the job. I could work flatout trying to be a space engineer but be hopelessly out of my depth. A bit like James Reilly seems to be!

“Programme.” “International Markets.” “Expenditure.” “Economic Stability.”

What about…

“THE PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPOOOOOL!”

my god working flat out……we are all working flat out joan on less money longer hrs. Don’t get expenses or money to eat our lunch at our desks….working flat out….what a joke. 100000 + crazy pensions + all the other perks hope he is working 24/7….silly season just begun. what will they day next.

The government asked for a mandate from the people what they said at the time is not what they are doing now. working flat out , must be on the flat of their backs sleeping and dreaming up new taxes.

Working “flat out” at what? Sorting out his personal debts?

Actually this article is wrong, I heard he interview, she kept referring to a James O’ Reilly, he is the one working flat out according to good old Joan Bruton!!

Dr, James is shtone mad for healthcare

working flat out??? what? lying on the couch with a 2 litre bottle of coke in one hand and a extra large mars bar in the other!………….

These cuts are a disgrace to humanity. Invest in life, health, the emergency services and most importantly in the people that need it most.

‘According to the Chief Medical Officer of Ireland, a 30% reduction in alcohol- related harm would result in a cost saving to the Exchequer of €1 billion’

‘If we reduced alcohol-related harms by 30%, we would save 30 lives per month and 600
overnight hospital admissions per day’
Chief Medical Officer of Ireland, Dr. Tony Holohan

http://alcoholireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/aai_pre_budget_submission_2011_and_the_case_for_minimum_pricing1.pdf

A former government adviser on drugs has told MPs that alcohol consumption would fall by as much as 25% if Dutch-style cannabis “coffee shops” were introduced in Britain.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jun/19/david-nutt-alcohol-cannabis-cafes

Ye, flat on his back

Nobody can sort out the HSE with the restraints of the Croke Park Agreement and the unions refusal to back down in any way from the “What we have, we hold” mentality. Presumably there are members of the unions who see the insanity of this, surely at least the ones on the front line are going to question their union’s standing when they’re watching the consequences of the cuts unfold. A pity we don’t hear from them, I might have faith they exist if they raised their voices!

Get rid ot the insane allowances, suspend increments (I’d do away with them altogether unless it was proved you were getting better at doing your job, don’t see why you should get extra pay just for having floated under the radar for another year of mediocre working).

But the unions won’t allow any of this, they are as out of touch with the real world as the politicans it seems.

Ha Ha .. Godwin’s Law preside again.. gota love that.. always tickles me :-)

We re all gonna die its just how we re gonna do it. Is it on our Knees? Well I’m not one for begging so I say we fight this thing.

if we feel we have told these guys our stories and they are not listening what do you reckon we can do, now i put that to the people, if they do not listen how can we make em?

is he working flat or fat out?

Burton and Gilmore,I had such expectations.Pity.

On Prime Time he says he will leave us without fear and with our support systems!
the shoes i walk in -=—-no shoes, period, no food, i am ceoliac, no physio, i have dystonia, no transport, either ferrying to hospitals or getting out and about with disability.
not enough care by primary care teams, eg no viable gp at present, as i am blacklisted in this area because i moved here with multiple disabilities and once was in the psych system.
so in three years i have lost all this, so too, two people on my street dead due to neglect in the mental health system found dead in their home.
many falling down the stairs in my last street due to illegal stairs in social housing.
one man with his own children in his care dead at his door after falling down these stairs. two women with broken wrists, one man in calipers, learning disabled and deaf falling down the stairs, ending in cappagh and sent back to the very same social housing unit with no chair lift.
one schizophrenic friend having her windows broken four times by chidren tormenting her.
myself being shot at by children tormenting me, so i was able to leave but left utterly spent and traumatised.
we have nothing in this country that Reilly can say to allay fear, we are fearful and people are dying because nothing is done for those on the lower levels of society, these people include, disabled people, working class, mentally ill and learning disabled.
no social housing units purposely built for people with disabilities, they do sign such things as Barcelona accord but then you are told by a county councillor, Ah sure we sign everything, that doesnt mean anything.
tell me people can you trust a guy who goes on Prime time and say we have nothing to fear, Reilly get real. you squandered our celtic tiger and didnt nothing to shore up in hard times. you neglected just about everyone other than wealthy and banks, you neglected us, and listen to these words. You have let us down horribly, all of you.

Comparing James Reilly to Hitler is ridiculous. One will be remembered as a callous authoritarian figure who showed complete disregard for his own people in the pursuit of his own ambitions. The other was the leader of the Nazi Party.

yep…thats about it!

he said there was no u-turn as he never was going to cut PA’s of people who had them already…but….they ARE cut for people who need them. If you are getting 12 hours PA you’ll not be cut any…but you won’t get more if you need them!

I have 3 hours a week PA…that means I can leave the house thursday afternoon …and only thursday afternoon. I can no longer self-propel my manual wheelchair but don’t have a PA to help me by pushing it. I don’t have a powered wheelchair…on a list told it would be year to two years waiting.
I need two new hearing aids…ditto…two years on waiting list. and today I got my chiropody card for medical card holders. I can have 8 treatments in 2 years. I have deformed feet and develop problems frequently….and so it goes on….

In the pub where I work most of the customers like Joan, they say shes a very nice woman when she meets you.