You could make lots of similar arguments of our experience of nationalised services with massive inefficiency, featherbedding etc etc.
Somewhere in the middle is prob best i.e. Private sector efficiency with clear gov regulation and enforcement.
If an employee is paid well the chances are that he’ll take out private health insurance, he’ll pay his way for his kids education, he’ll spend money locally and support business and generally contribute to society.
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The game is rigged pal.
Again, Bus Eireann already contract out many of the PS routes. Over 1000 private companies used.
Additionally private operators already receive some subventions for running loss making routes.
Hang on.
You think our high taxes should cover this already but think they should be on a salary 10k above the average salary rate? They are making losses of millions for years and are close to insolvency but here you are on the one hand claiming we pay high taxes so deserve a service and on the other that drivers deserve high pay.
Having your cake and eating eating it I think it’s called.
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It’s the top executives across the public sector that should be hit Tim…not the fellas going out doing a days work if the service is unprofitable.
Same goes for RTE…the HSE etc etc
That’s a ridiculous post.
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Flesh that out a bit Har.
You would have to wonder how the Bosses at BE were paying such wages during the recession but not near insolvency.
In saying that, the workers must be aware that their course of action here could see BE go to the wall & leave them jobless too.
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You would have to wonder how the Bosses at BE were paying such wages during the recession but not nearly insolvency.
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How many Top Executives are there in those organisations you mentioned?
How much are they earning?
How much would you reduce their pay by?
Bus Eireann’s key management are on 1.2m collectively per year. It’s a 330m euro turnover company, that isn’t out of this world for a company that size.
They are looking for 30m of cuts to save the company. Taking about executive comp being cut to save things is bluster.
I’d personally P45 all the hierachy across the HSE and RTE for a start.
Salary cuts wouldnt come into it.
That’s awfully big of you.
What’s the current wage bill?
And replace them with who exactly?
The new CEO came from a top executive position in Discovery, one of Europe’s biggest broadcasting networks. There is a market rate to pay, which from what I understand she isn’t even on as she simply wanted to move home.
Managers et cetera are of course overpaid on occasion but this is smoke and mirrors bullshit.
Please take into account what you are replying to.
Their revenues are 330m.
Payroll is 38.5% of that.
It is 34% of Aircoach’s.
However, as I pointed out, BE subcontract many of their school routes to private operators. Over 1000 of them. They spend about 130m on various contractors per year. That’s from maintenance to the full routes themselves. So there is a significant portion of their revenue that is being paid to contractors that really is staffing that turnover for them, which we don’t know, but is clearly significant.
The Fianna Fáil press officer correct. They have him working hard on Mount Street.
You sure he’s not working for Paul Murphy?