Holy F**k, they are taking the piss.

The proposal was passed unanimously
the country and the people on their knees and they take a week off
100k a year and a fat pension for life….
when injustice becomes law
resistance becomes duty

They are so far removed from reality it’s frightening. .

maybe the should make it a national week off for all. ;-)

Jesus wept, and the troika’s seats are still warm! They are some shower of hypocrites. Im going to phone my TD’s constituency office every day next week with abuse.

Why do they need a break? They are only just back from a long summer break.. As well as that its hardly a good time when the country is so f*cked ??

I’ve had a chat with myself and unanimously decided not to pay tax next week.

Jesus tap dancing Christ. I have had to go for a short walk to prevent a violent episode. I wonder did the shining light Simon Harris back this. I will be E mailing him over this. Think I need another walk.

Shame on them !

To all

Hold on a minute, we forgot, Enda has to organize his party to celebrate the award Angela gave him for being a good boy, he also has to spend all the travelling expenses money he’s been getting. Can’t the disabled, aged and the rest of yis just wait…… and as for all of you on trollys, Dr. O’Reilly needs a break, so pull up that soiled, bloody blanket over ya and have a sleep.

Now, if we could only convince them to stay off till the next election….

Shower of clowns. They really know how to p*ss all over the Irish people. Im sure they had a right laugh in the Dail Bar afterwards.

If any private company was run like this it would be long gone , without any bailout no wonder the country is on its knees , they are so far disconnected they must be six weeks back from the summer break , didn’t Kenny say at the time the hard work starts here .

Theyre only back from summer !

Lets look at docking their salaries for the time off. Good grief this government is taking the pi**. Fat cats dine on cake whilst we eat stale bread.

What a joke sack the lot of them the kids only have a week off school

And take the following week off as well

Just another reason not to vote for these plugs again..broken system set up to keep the pigs in the trough…

will they be claiming travel expenses for the time they are off?

The thing most tragic about this article is that it was the only thing the whole Dail seemed to agree on since this government was elected ! Not one member of the opposition stood up and argued the point !!!!!

If they have 12 days off, they can do their bit and help voluntarily in the capuchin centre in Dublin, the simon community, the st vincent de paul or the soup kitchens, if they do those things, then we will think differently of them.

They want 12 days off. Ok that seems fair enough . Why not make it the full two weeks then but as a taxpayer I demand that they are not paid for their time off and any member that claims expences gets charged with theft.
They are the greatest shower of paracitical leeches and freeloaders this country has ever seen.
How much more insults have we to take !!!!!.
I also see the red thumb brigade out again… Well ask my rear and enjoy your holiday as the country goes down the toilet.

Sweet Jesus the gall of them. They really havnt a clue about what is going in and how the country feel about their actions and incompetence.
I suppose that they will dock their wages accordingly though, so that will be ok.

Unbelievable:- but they are now free to help out in the soup kitchens ! Just a taught!

So when does one week = twelve days…WTF

theyre a great bunch of lads

Actually this is a good thing. What harm can they do while on the loose outside the Dail?

It is time these b—–s started to live in the real world,maybe we will club together a have a mid term party for them.They keep telling us the country is in a bad state, but Kenny and co look after them self well,I would like to say more but it would not be printed.

The proposal was passed unanimously.
the country close to callapse and the people on their knees and they take a week off!

when injustice becomes law
resistance becomes duty

Sorry my Chillax comment was meant for Simon Harris related post above.

Great. It’ll give each of them a chance to form an orderly q and start to suck balls. I can’t believe i found a use for those useless b*stards

Dont worry they will justify this by “constituancy” work for the week

These lads really have no shame, they’re completely detached from reality. Frightening.

I have to say reading through the comments on the journal on a daily basis the wit and hilarity of the Irish people is unbeatable and I think if we didn’t have the sense of humour that we do we would have F all else the way these gits mess us around

They are hilarious, in the same week that they pass a motion to force SME’s to pay people who are out sick because the state can’t afford to they also decide on a week off with full pay because…
They must have found a few bob somewhere.

Shame shame shame….. Absolute disgrace no wonder no progress is being made and don’t say a few jobs over 3-4-5 yrs (I welcome all new jobs) but we need serious creation. I can see trouble ahead……

Well if the teachers are going to have a week off the the TDs may as well also. I mean many of them were teachers and will be used to having a break in October. ;-)

Now putting on my helmet and diving under the table!!

Unbelievable everyone on their knees struggling week in week out some people can’t afford to even eat and these absolute vile pieces of s*#%s take a holiday….they couldn’t be any further removed from reality!
C U’s Next Tuesday

The real problem is that these guys are being questioned about their antics by people on TV Miriam, Vincent, Nora Owen etc who are on the same gravy train. It’s a really sick society that allows this to continue. All protests in future should be outside Enda’s house or Reilly’s house. If Adems and co voted for this holiday they should resign as they’ve worse than the rest.

Sorry !! my Chillax comment was meant for chucks post referencing Simon “chillax” Harris.

Just goes to show no matter what party or group, they all take us for mugs. FG, FF, SF, ULA, none of them are in touch with reality. Everyone of them care only for themselves.

to coincide with the schools , couldn’t make it up with a dail full of teachers

Not as if there working or thinking stuff up they are only completing the assignments that Germany are giving them take money from the vulnerable leave the rich alone

Well if teachers are taking a week off then the TDs may as well also. There’s quite a few TDs who were teachers and will be accustomed to a week off at the end of October ;-)

Now putting on my helmet and diving under the table!!

They are some shower of lazy bastards…

Welcome to Macondo

I see even the populist Sinn Fein didn’t oppose this.

All the same, all with their snouts in the trough.

So to every one who posted on this article, what are you going to do about it. Please join my Facebook group one voice and together let’s change things.

Unfortunately we get the government we deserve

We are the ones allowing this ridiculous madness to happen. We need to stand up in numbers. It’s the only way.

The cheek of them taking holidays while staff at the coal face are under so much pressure. This is a great example to be giving fellow civil servants in Longford working on a backlog of 12 months of work in the invalidity section. Well done Enda. All this the same day as €31 million of aid to Uganda is mid handled and 4 million goes missing – these guys are great bosses.

What’s new here lads? Instead of moaning about it here on the journal why not email or phone your local TD and ask him or her what work they will be doing for the next 12 days? You can be guaranteed they won’t be sitting on there asses dong sweet f**k all!

That’s nice at least they all agreed on something! * sarky mode on*

If the committees (where the lion’s share of work is actually done) are still meeting then I don’t really mind. If they’re not however……..

Angela Merkal is like a big german shepherd and Enda Kenny is a small little poodle who has is tongue so far up her arse begging for small little scraps of meat cowards

Breaking News SF Aongais O’snoidagh is not taking a breaking he has loads of printing to finish to justify his €50,000 print Cartridge spends ;)

I emailed all the TDs yesterday morning, asking if next week would be paid or unpaid leave.

Three got back to me.

Joanna Tuffy ignored my question about pay but said how hard she would be working.

Luke Ming Flanagan said he’d be working hard, and said they’d get paid the same as if they’d be sitting in the Dáil.

Clare Daly said that not sitting in the Dáil wouldn’t have an effect on their pay either, this is how she explained it:

“Dail payments are made on the basis of TD attending on a certain amount of days over the course of the year. I have already met that requirement months ago.”

Spongers who only agree on feathering their already comfy nest. If a rock from space destroyed Dáil Éireann, it would reduce the real crime rate by a magnitude.

I called the sf office in Dublin and their dail press office as I was curious why sf would vote for this – seeing as even if all had voted against it would still pass – or if any of their members were even in attendance for the vote. They couldn’t confirm either.

Journal need to stop perpetuating the nonsense myth that a non sitting day is a holiday. Many TDs will work harder next week than normal in their constituencies. Disagree with what some are doing or their politics but being a TD is a 24/7 365 job and its disingenuous to portray them as lazy.