Matthew Elderfield and his team in the Central Bank have advised in terms of further capitalisation:
Anglo Irish Bank
further 6.4bn needed for Recovery & Funding Bank
[22.9bn already given since nationalisation in early 2009.
Added requirement brings total cost of restructuring Anglo to 29.3bn]
AIB
- needs further 3bn recapitalisation
BOI
already has sufficient capital (to meet Prudent Capital Assessment Review standard)
EBS
NAMA hasn't given an indicative figure for EBS yet. Said they should prepare for 60% haircut though.
Irish Nationwide Building Society
PCAR study not done yet.
They need further 2.7bn. Brings total to 5.4bn.
This needs
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Final cost of Anglo Announced
No more bond auctions until 2011.
FG said negotiations should've been conducted with senior bond-holders. Gov say senior bond-holders have same position in law as depositors.
General Gov Deficit for 2010 is 32% of GDP. (High this year because of recapitalisation but will not be as high next year). But Stability and Growth Pact demands deficit to be 3% of GDP by 2014. Capital support for the banks is 20% of that.
Taoiseach said in Dáil yesterday it will only cost 1.5bn euro annually to service the cost of recapitalisation (of c.30bn he estimated, before accurate figure announced)
3bn euro adjustment for 2011 budget is absolute minimum - Min Lenihan says more will be needed.
NAMA/EC Commission/Gov - decision:
if you have a loan with AIB or BOI less than 20million, you will not be transferred to NAMA. Threshold previously was 5million.
Min Lenihan said: there remain 650 debtors between 5-20million loans in AIB/BOI. These will now be dealt with by banks themselves.
- They account for 6.6bn of 80bn
-> Therefore, if this new rule was not applied, it's arguable the recapitalisation would be bigger still
_
Gov are to announce a 4-year budgetary strategy in November. (Likely to outline how to bring deficit down to 3% of GDP
FG said negotiations should've been conducted with senior bond-holders. Gov say senior bond-holders have same position in law as depositors.
General Gov Deficit for 2010 is 32% of GDP. (High this year because of recapitalisation but will not be as high next year). But Stability and Growth Pact demands deficit to be 3% of GDP by 2014. Capital support for the banks is 20% of that.
Taoiseach said in Dáil yesterday it will only cost 1.5bn euro annually to service the cost of recapitalisation (of c.30bn he estimated, before accurate figure announced)
3bn euro adjustment for 2011 budget is absolute minimum - Min Lenihan says more will be needed.
NAMA/EC Commission/Gov - decision:
if you have a loan with AIB or BOI less than 20million, you will not be transferred to NAMA. Threshold previously was 5million.
Min Lenihan said: there remain 650 debtors between 5-20million loans in AIB/BOI. These will now be dealt with by banks themselves.
- They account for 6.6bn of 80bn
-> Therefore, if this new rule was not applied, it's arguable the recapitalisation would be bigger still
_
Gov are to announce a 4-year budgetary strategy in November. (Likely to outline how to bring deficit down to 3% of GDP
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Bank Guarantee
Did banks lie to Department of Finance in Sept 08 ahead of guarantee?
Gov say they followed best advice in pressing ahead with full guarantee. Whose advice specifically? (Merrill Lynch advised against such broad guarantee)
Gov say they followed best advice in pressing ahead with full guarantee. Whose advice specifically? (Merrill Lynch advised against such broad guarantee)
IMF: Dr. Death? Case Study Of How The Global Banker's Shock Therapy Helps Economies But Hammers The Poor
Published on Wednesday, April 19, 2000 in Time Magazine
by Eric Pooley
The anti-globalization movement serves up plenty of hot rhetoric but also some disturbing truths. Street protesters have it exactly right, for example, when they argue that the economic policies imposed on developing nations by the International Monetary Fund and World Bank have hammered the poor. Using loans and the threat of default as levers, the IMF has pushed more than 90 countries to accept its brand of free-market shock therapy: lowering trade barriers, raising interest rates, devaluating currencies, privatizing state-owned industries, eliminating subsidies and cutting health, education and welfare spending. These "structural-adjustment programs"--a chilly bureaucratic euphemism if ever there was one--attract foreign investment and stimulate the business climate (and the local elites). But the programs also drive up the cost of living, rip holes in already tattered safety nets and help kill small farms and businesses. After Haiti lifted its trade barriers under IMF pressure in 1986, for instance, an imported mountain of cheap American rice--subsidized by the U.S. government--buried the island's rice industry.
The IMF and World Bank admit the problem while insisting that their policies will boost living standards over the long term. But people in the Global South have lost patience with such talk. In Bolivia this month, rioting broke out because the government and a multinational consortium planned to raise fees for drinking water. Eight people were killed. It was a reminder that the globalization protests in Washington aren't simply the product of a Web-connected U.S. counterculture but of an anger that's building around the world--the defining North-South issue of our time.
Consider a country that the IMF and World Bank regard as a success: Tanzania, the vast East African nation that is among the poorest places in the world. Best known to Americans for Mount Kilimanjaro and the Serengeti Plain, it has been stable and relatively peaceful since it gained independence in 1961. For two decades, it steered a course of self-reliant socialism--a one-party government controlled the economy, taxed mightily and spent lavishly; its literacy rate was among the highest in Africa. But by the mid-1980s, Tanzania's economy was flat-lining, with hyperinflation, huge budget and trade deficits, and massive dependence on foreign aid. Today, after 15 years of IMF-imposed structural adjustment, administered most effectively since 1995 under President Benjamin Mkapa, Tanzania has "made great progress in getting its macroeconomic situation in order," says James Adams, the World Bank director for the country. Inflation has fallen below 7%, and the GDP is growing 4% a year; European sedans glide through the streets of the capital, Dar es Salaam, and imported goods fill the shops. Mining and cash-crop exports are up. R.J. Reynolds refurbished an old cigarette factory. The country established a stock exchange. "There's no question that opening up trade has transformed Tanzania," Adams says.
It would all be rosy were it not for the 15 million to 18 million people--more than half the population--living in dire poverty, with 12.5 million of them unable to afford the most basic needs. These men and women, almost all subsistence or small-plot cash-crop farmers, have been structurally adjusted half to death. Though Adams points to progress--51% of Tanzanians now survive on $1 a day or less, down from 65% in the mid-1980s--his statistic makes Tanzanian analysts laugh bitterly, because it misses the fact that everything in a farmer's life costs more today. Currency devaluation and the elimination of agricultural subsidies doubled and quadrupled fertilizer prices, according to a study by the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Farmers couldn't borrow, because short-term interest rates in rural areas hit 100%. Yields fell, but thanks to global oversupply and greedy middlemen, farmers were often paid less for what they could grow. Famine remains a persistent threat for 40% of the country.
With Tanzania's debt from IMF, World Bank and other loans now at $6.4 billion, the government has been spending 40% of its annual revenue on interest payments--more than it spends on health and education combined. Even the poorest families are subjected to "cost sharing"--paying fees for basic health care and even elementary school. In response, 70% of the people consult faith healers (this in a country with an HIV epidemic), and school enrollment has fallen from 93% in 1993 to 66% today. "The data are very clear," says I.F. Shao, director of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Dar es Salaam. "A small number of people are doing very well indeed, but the vast majority are suffering more than ever. There are wonderful things in the shops now, but who can buy them?" Adams agrees that "we need to get the income gains into the rural areas," but defends the reforms. "The transition could have been made more gently, but it had to happen. The old system was unsustainable. But now, finally, we're at the starting gate--Tanzania is ready to build on its progress." The World Bank and IMF announced a $2 billion debt-forgiveness package for Tanzania last week, but Mkapa moved quickly to make sure his people didn't get their hopes up. He announced that the benefits of debt relief won't be felt until late 2001 and added, "We have to continue tightening the belt."
COPYRIGHT � 2000 TIME INC.
by Eric Pooley
The anti-globalization movement serves up plenty of hot rhetoric but also some disturbing truths. Street protesters have it exactly right, for example, when they argue that the economic policies imposed on developing nations by the International Monetary Fund and World Bank have hammered the poor. Using loans and the threat of default as levers, the IMF has pushed more than 90 countries to accept its brand of free-market shock therapy: lowering trade barriers, raising interest rates, devaluating currencies, privatizing state-owned industries, eliminating subsidies and cutting health, education and welfare spending. These "structural-adjustment programs"--a chilly bureaucratic euphemism if ever there was one--attract foreign investment and stimulate the business climate (and the local elites). But the programs also drive up the cost of living, rip holes in already tattered safety nets and help kill small farms and businesses. After Haiti lifted its trade barriers under IMF pressure in 1986, for instance, an imported mountain of cheap American rice--subsidized by the U.S. government--buried the island's rice industry.
The IMF and World Bank admit the problem while insisting that their policies will boost living standards over the long term. But people in the Global South have lost patience with such talk. In Bolivia this month, rioting broke out because the government and a multinational consortium planned to raise fees for drinking water. Eight people were killed. It was a reminder that the globalization protests in Washington aren't simply the product of a Web-connected U.S. counterculture but of an anger that's building around the world--the defining North-South issue of our time.
Consider a country that the IMF and World Bank regard as a success: Tanzania, the vast East African nation that is among the poorest places in the world. Best known to Americans for Mount Kilimanjaro and the Serengeti Plain, it has been stable and relatively peaceful since it gained independence in 1961. For two decades, it steered a course of self-reliant socialism--a one-party government controlled the economy, taxed mightily and spent lavishly; its literacy rate was among the highest in Africa. But by the mid-1980s, Tanzania's economy was flat-lining, with hyperinflation, huge budget and trade deficits, and massive dependence on foreign aid. Today, after 15 years of IMF-imposed structural adjustment, administered most effectively since 1995 under President Benjamin Mkapa, Tanzania has "made great progress in getting its macroeconomic situation in order," says James Adams, the World Bank director for the country. Inflation has fallen below 7%, and the GDP is growing 4% a year; European sedans glide through the streets of the capital, Dar es Salaam, and imported goods fill the shops. Mining and cash-crop exports are up. R.J. Reynolds refurbished an old cigarette factory. The country established a stock exchange. "There's no question that opening up trade has transformed Tanzania," Adams says.
It would all be rosy were it not for the 15 million to 18 million people--more than half the population--living in dire poverty, with 12.5 million of them unable to afford the most basic needs. These men and women, almost all subsistence or small-plot cash-crop farmers, have been structurally adjusted half to death. Though Adams points to progress--51% of Tanzanians now survive on $1 a day or less, down from 65% in the mid-1980s--his statistic makes Tanzanian analysts laugh bitterly, because it misses the fact that everything in a farmer's life costs more today. Currency devaluation and the elimination of agricultural subsidies doubled and quadrupled fertilizer prices, according to a study by the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Farmers couldn't borrow, because short-term interest rates in rural areas hit 100%. Yields fell, but thanks to global oversupply and greedy middlemen, farmers were often paid less for what they could grow. Famine remains a persistent threat for 40% of the country.
With Tanzania's debt from IMF, World Bank and other loans now at $6.4 billion, the government has been spending 40% of its annual revenue on interest payments--more than it spends on health and education combined. Even the poorest families are subjected to "cost sharing"--paying fees for basic health care and even elementary school. In response, 70% of the people consult faith healers (this in a country with an HIV epidemic), and school enrollment has fallen from 93% in 1993 to 66% today. "The data are very clear," says I.F. Shao, director of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Dar es Salaam. "A small number of people are doing very well indeed, but the vast majority are suffering more than ever. There are wonderful things in the shops now, but who can buy them?" Adams agrees that "we need to get the income gains into the rural areas," but defends the reforms. "The transition could have been made more gently, but it had to happen. The old system was unsustainable. But now, finally, we're at the starting gate--Tanzania is ready to build on its progress." The World Bank and IMF announced a $2 billion debt-forgiveness package for Tanzania last week, but Mkapa moved quickly to make sure his people didn't get their hopes up. He announced that the benefits of debt relief won't be felt until late 2001 and added, "We have to continue tightening the belt."
COPYRIGHT � 2000 TIME INC.
Figiúirí sa Dáil
163 TD sa Dáil (trí bye-election le bheith ann)
FF - 70 TD (tacaíocht ó bheirt eile taobh amuigh den fuip)
Mary Harney
Comhaontas Glas - 6
Vótaí iomlán an Chomhrialtais = 79
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FG - 51
Labour - 20
SF - 4
Iomlán = 75
FF - 70 TD (tacaíocht ó bheirt eile taobh amuigh den fuip)
Mary Harney
Comhaontas Glas - 6
Vótaí iomlán an Chomhrialtais = 79
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FG - 51
Labour - 20
SF - 4
Iomlán = 75
Monday, September 20, 2010
Business Insolvency
Receiver
Law . a person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of a bankrupt business or person or to care for property in litigation.
Liquidator
a person who liquidates assets, esp. one authorized to do so by a court of law.
Law . a person appointed by a court to manage the affairs of a bankrupt business or person or to care for property in litigation.
Liquidator
a person who liquidates assets, esp. one authorized to do so by a court of law.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Ombudsman Critical of HSE
Ombudsman published her annual report.
The Ombudsman's office received a record number of complaints last year, with 2,873 people contacting the office.
Read the report
Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly said the volume of complaints to her office last year show significant numbers of people continue to have problems with public service bodies.
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Ms O'Reilly described complaints in relation to social services and public healthcare as 'shocking and unacceptable'.
Launching the annual report, Ms O'Reilly cited a number of cases.
She described how a woman was denied pain relief while giving birth in Waterford Regional Hospital; a Wexford respite patient who was confined to bed because no seat was available and had bruising on her body when she returned home; and the 'abysmal' care of a cancer patient in Beaumont Hospital.
He died ten days after no action was taken after his daughter's complaint on a Bank Holiday that he was vomiting faecal matter.
The Ombudsman also highlighted that the Department of the Agriculture, Fisheries & Food rejected her findings and recommendations about the controversial Lost At Sea scheme.
It was the first time that has happened since she assumed office in 2003.
The Ombudsman Annual Report was submitted to the Dáil and Seanad this morning.
HSE reject the assertion that they act in a culture of secrecy.
The Ombudsman's office received a record number of complaints last year, with 2,873 people contacting the office.
Read the report
Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly said the volume of complaints to her office last year show significant numbers of people continue to have problems with public service bodies.
Advertisement
Ms O'Reilly described complaints in relation to social services and public healthcare as 'shocking and unacceptable'.
Launching the annual report, Ms O'Reilly cited a number of cases.
She described how a woman was denied pain relief while giving birth in Waterford Regional Hospital; a Wexford respite patient who was confined to bed because no seat was available and had bruising on her body when she returned home; and the 'abysmal' care of a cancer patient in Beaumont Hospital.
He died ten days after no action was taken after his daughter's complaint on a Bank Holiday that he was vomiting faecal matter.
The Ombudsman also highlighted that the Department of the Agriculture, Fisheries & Food rejected her findings and recommendations about the controversial Lost At Sea scheme.
It was the first time that has happened since she assumed office in 2003.
The Ombudsman Annual Report was submitted to the Dáil and Seanad this morning.
HSE reject the assertion that they act in a culture of secrecy.
Poolbeg Incinerator
Gormley holds up building of incinerator by relying on his ability to delay granting a foreshore licence?
He says it's Green Party policy, not a local issue.
Gormley says this will not happen while he's Minister.
Foreshore licence - Gormley is not making a decision on Foreshore licence.
(incineration is for material that can't be recycled!)
All local TDs are against incinerator.
An Bord Pleanála -
EPA - has given permission to build incinerator.
Local residents object to incinerator.
Residents say trucks that would come into the area would be unacceptable.
They say land earmarked for the incinerator will be needed for sewage treatment plant, which is at capacity already (current facility).
Government Waste Policy
Landfill - Recycling - Incineration........all needed
Dublin City Council has voted against the incinerator.
He says it's Green Party policy, not a local issue.
Gormley says this will not happen while he's Minister.
Foreshore licence - Gormley is not making a decision on Foreshore licence.
(incineration is for material that can't be recycled!)
All local TDs are against incinerator.
An Bord Pleanála -
EPA - has given permission to build incinerator.
Local residents object to incinerator.
Residents say trucks that would come into the area would be unacceptable.
They say land earmarked for the incinerator will be needed for sewage treatment plant, which is at capacity already (current facility).
Government Waste Policy
Landfill - Recycling - Incineration........all needed
Dublin City Council has voted against the incinerator.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Barántas Bainc - síneadh curtha leis
Tá síneadh curtha leis an mbarántas bainc Eireannach go dti deireadh na bliana. Cheadaigh an Coimisiún Eorpach é seo inniu.
Bhí deireadh le theacht leis an scéim ar an 29 Meán Fómhair.
Tugann an scéim cosaint do 400 billiún euro (ó Mheán Fómhair 2008).
Dhá bhliain a bhí sa scéim ar dtús. Ach anuraidh, cheadaigh an rialtas do na bainc fiachais a eisiúint a mbeadh sprioc-dháta cúig bliana orthu.
Níl baint ag coigiltis leis an scéim (suas go dtí 100,000 euro). Ach tá cosaint acu siúd faoin Scéim Bharántas Coigiltis. Níl aon dáta deiridh leis sin.
Bhí deireadh le theacht leis an scéim ar an 29 Meán Fómhair.
Tugann an scéim cosaint do 400 billiún euro (ó Mheán Fómhair 2008).
Dhá bhliain a bhí sa scéim ar dtús. Ach anuraidh, cheadaigh an rialtas do na bainc fiachais a eisiúint a mbeadh sprioc-dháta cúig bliana orthu.
Níl baint ag coigiltis leis an scéim (suas go dtí 100,000 euro). Ach tá cosaint acu siúd faoin Scéim Bharántas Coigiltis. Níl aon dáta deiridh leis sin.
Consumer Sentiment - Feabhsaithe
Consumer sentiment:
Tá sé ardaithe go dtí an leibhéal is airde ó D Fómhair 2007. Shíl tomhaltóirí go raibh cúinsí fábharacha ceannacháin ann agus go raibh an chosúlacht ar an scéal go bhfeabhsódh rudaí go heacnamaíoch.
Tá sé ag 67.9 anois (Meitheamh), ón bpointe is laige i mí Iúil seo caite (39.6)
Ach tá tomhaltóirí fós buartha faoi fhostaíocht agus faoi airgeadais teaglaigh don bhliain atá le theacht.
Ar bhonn Eorpach, tá tomhaltóirí níos diúltaigh.
Deir Austin Hughes ó KBC, go bhfuil tomhaltóirí san Eoraip mí-shásta mar gheall ar chiorruithe fíocmhaire atáthar a chur i bhfeidhm ansin anois. Deir sé go bhfuil tomhaltóirí in Éirinn níos dearfaigh mar gur cuireadh na ciorruithe i bhfeidhm go luath agus go bhfeiceann siad rudaí ag feabhsú anois.
Ach tá 3bn le baint ciorrú sa mbliain atá le theacht agus sa mbliain ina dhiaidh sin arís, mar sin b'fheidir go n-athródh meon na nEireannach dá réir sin.
Tá sé ardaithe go dtí an leibhéal is airde ó D Fómhair 2007. Shíl tomhaltóirí go raibh cúinsí fábharacha ceannacháin ann agus go raibh an chosúlacht ar an scéal go bhfeabhsódh rudaí go heacnamaíoch.
Tá sé ag 67.9 anois (Meitheamh), ón bpointe is laige i mí Iúil seo caite (39.6)
Ach tá tomhaltóirí fós buartha faoi fhostaíocht agus faoi airgeadais teaglaigh don bhliain atá le theacht.
Ar bhonn Eorpach, tá tomhaltóirí níos diúltaigh.
Deir Austin Hughes ó KBC, go bhfuil tomhaltóirí san Eoraip mí-shásta mar gheall ar chiorruithe fíocmhaire atáthar a chur i bhfeidhm ansin anois. Deir sé go bhfuil tomhaltóirí in Éirinn níos dearfaigh mar gur cuireadh na ciorruithe i bhfeidhm go luath agus go bhfeiceann siad rudaí ag feabhsú anois.
Ach tá 3bn le baint ciorrú sa mbliain atá le theacht agus sa mbliain ina dhiaidh sin arís, mar sin b'fheidir go n-athródh meon na nEireannach dá réir sin.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Bille um Fhiadhúlra (Wildlife Amendment Bill)
Moltar sa mbille seo cosc a chur ar fhia-fhiach.
Ach tá feachtas láidir ina choinne. Freisin, labhair seachtar Teachta Dála ó FF ina choinne.
Ach tá sé ráite ag an Aire Comhshaoil agus ag ceannaire Chomhaontas Ghlas, John Gormley go sárófar na fadhbanna. Deir sé go bhféadfaí mion-leasuithe a dhéanamh ar an mbille a shásódh cúlbhínseoirí FF.
Deir an tAire Gormley nár chóir an iomarca ama a chaitheamh leis an díospóireacht seo de bhrí nach é is tábhachtaí ag an staid seo. Luaigh sé ceisteanna eacnamaíocha.
Madraí
Déanfar díospóireacht ar bhille chonspóideach eile sa Dáil Dé hAoine. Baineann an bille seo le síolrú madraí.
Deir an feachtas RISE go mbeadh na figiúirí acu leis an vóta a bhuachaint sa Dáil ar an Mháirt.
Deirtear go bhfuil stocaireacht á dhéanamh le Mary Wallace, FF, ón Mhí Thoir; Mattie McGrath, ó Thiobraid Arann; John Gormley, Ciarraí Theas; Christy O'Sullivan, Corcaigh; Johnny Brady, ón Mhí.
Ach tá feachtas láidir ina choinne. Freisin, labhair seachtar Teachta Dála ó FF ina choinne.
Ach tá sé ráite ag an Aire Comhshaoil agus ag ceannaire Chomhaontas Ghlas, John Gormley go sárófar na fadhbanna. Deir sé go bhféadfaí mion-leasuithe a dhéanamh ar an mbille a shásódh cúlbhínseoirí FF.
Deir an tAire Gormley nár chóir an iomarca ama a chaitheamh leis an díospóireacht seo de bhrí nach é is tábhachtaí ag an staid seo. Luaigh sé ceisteanna eacnamaíocha.
Madraí
Déanfar díospóireacht ar bhille chonspóideach eile sa Dáil Dé hAoine. Baineann an bille seo le síolrú madraí.
Deir an feachtas RISE go mbeadh na figiúirí acu leis an vóta a bhuachaint sa Dáil ar an Mháirt.
Deirtear go bhfuil stocaireacht á dhéanamh le Mary Wallace, FF, ón Mhí Thoir; Mattie McGrath, ó Thiobraid Arann; John Gormley, Ciarraí Theas; Christy O'Sullivan, Corcaigh; Johnny Brady, ón Mhí.
Glacfaidh Unite le Comhaontú Pháirc an Chrócaigh
Tá sé ráite ag an gceardchumann Unite go gcloífidh siad le móramh ICTU.
Vótáil Unite i gcoinne Chomhaontú Pháirc an Chrócaigh.
Deir siad go raibh cruinniú teasaí acu agus gur shíleadar go mbeadh siad níos éifeachtaí ar ná as Coiste na hEarnála Poiblí, ICTU.
Bhagair siad gníomhaíocht tionsclaíoch áfach mura gcloífeadh an rialtas lena ngeallúintí féin - cosaint do phostanna agus gealltanas gan tuilleadh ciorruithe a chur i bhfeidhm.
Vótáil Unite i gcoinne Chomhaontú Pháirc an Chrócaigh.
Deir siad go raibh cruinniú teasaí acu agus gur shíleadar go mbeadh siad níos éifeachtaí ar ná as Coiste na hEarnála Poiblí, ICTU.
Bhagair siad gníomhaíocht tionsclaíoch áfach mura gcloífeadh an rialtas lena ngeallúintí féin - cosaint do phostanna agus gealltanas gan tuilleadh ciorruithe a chur i bhfeidhm.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
VHI le díol
Tá sé fógraithe ag an rialtas go bhfuil siad le VHI Healthcare a dhíol.
Seo'd í an comhlacht árachais sláinte is mó sa tír.
Ach ní dhíolfar an comhlacht go dtí go mbíonn an leibhéal sócmhainneachta aici a bhíonn a chaitheann a bheith ag comhlachtaí árachais sláinte eile.
Ach sula ndíoltar VHI, infheisteoidh an Stát suim chaipitl sa gcomhlacht le cuidiú léi an leibhéal cuí sócmhainneachta a bhaint amach. Ní fios fós cé mhéid a bheadh i gceist leis seo. Agus ní fios cé mhéid airgid a chaill VHI anuraidh (ní thabharfaidh an Roinn Airgeadais é sin le fios).
Deir oifigigh ón Roinn Sláinte nach síltear dóibh go n-ardóidh costas árachais sláinte ná go gcaillfí aon cheann den 900 post sa gcomhlacht.
Tarlóidh díolachán VHI thart ar an am a bhfuil an Scéim Chothromaíocht Riosca le cur i bhfeidhm. Cuirfear i bhfeidhm ar dtús i 2012 é (ar bhonn shealadach) agus ansin go hiomlán i 2013.
Faoin scéim, íocfaidh comhlachtaí árachais sláinte cúiteamh le comhlachtaí árachais sláinte eile a bhfuil líon níos airde de chustaiméirí aosta acu.
Faoi láthair, tá líon níos airde de chustaiméirí aosta ag an VHI.
Ní fios fós cén luach atá ar an gcomhlacht.
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Ní fios ach oiread cén chúis go bhfuil an comhlacht le díol - an é go bhfuil an rialtas ag iarraidh na fiachais a bhaineann leis a ghlanadh nó an é go gcreidtear go bhfuil airgead le déanamh as an ndíolachán.
Seo'd í an comhlacht árachais sláinte is mó sa tír.
Ach ní dhíolfar an comhlacht go dtí go mbíonn an leibhéal sócmhainneachta aici a bhíonn a chaitheann a bheith ag comhlachtaí árachais sláinte eile.
Ach sula ndíoltar VHI, infheisteoidh an Stát suim chaipitl sa gcomhlacht le cuidiú léi an leibhéal cuí sócmhainneachta a bhaint amach. Ní fios fós cé mhéid a bheadh i gceist leis seo. Agus ní fios cé mhéid airgid a chaill VHI anuraidh (ní thabharfaidh an Roinn Airgeadais é sin le fios).
Deir oifigigh ón Roinn Sláinte nach síltear dóibh go n-ardóidh costas árachais sláinte ná go gcaillfí aon cheann den 900 post sa gcomhlacht.
Tarlóidh díolachán VHI thart ar an am a bhfuil an Scéim Chothromaíocht Riosca le cur i bhfeidhm. Cuirfear i bhfeidhm ar dtús i 2012 é (ar bhonn shealadach) agus ansin go hiomlán i 2013.
Faoin scéim, íocfaidh comhlachtaí árachais sláinte cúiteamh le comhlachtaí árachais sláinte eile a bhfuil líon níos airde de chustaiméirí aosta acu.
Faoi láthair, tá líon níos airde de chustaiméirí aosta ag an VHI.
Ní fios fós cén luach atá ar an gcomhlacht.
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Ní fios ach oiread cén chúis go bhfuil an comhlacht le díol - an é go bhfuil an rialtas ag iarraidh na fiachais a bhaineann leis a ghlanadh nó an é go gcreidtear go bhfuil airgead le déanamh as an ndíolachán.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Easaontóirí Poblachtánacha
Tá tuarascáil eile foilsithe ag an IMC - Coiomisiún Monatóireachta Neamhspleách - atá ar an bhfód le sé bliana.
Deir siad go bhfuil an Fíor-IRA agus an tIRA Leanúnach fíochmhar, foréigeanach agus sásta daoione a mharú. Teastaíonn uathu próiseas na síochána a chur as rocht freisin, a dúradh.
Tá tuarascáil an choimisiún á iniúchadh ag rialtais na hEireann is na Breataine.
M Fómhair 2009 go dtí Feabhra na bliana seo an tréimhse a bhí faoi scrúdú.
Tá ceathrar sa gcoimisiún (IMC).
Deirtear sa tuarascáil go bhfuil a gcuid breathnadóireachta ar pharamíleataí méadaithe ag an PSNI agus ag na Gardaí.
Tá líon na n-ionsaithe méadaithe ag lucht paramíleata a dúradh. Gardaí is oifigigh an PSNI is mó a ionsaítear, a dúradh.
Tugtar le fios freisin go bhfuil siad ag earcú ógánaigh gan taithí agus bhfuil siad i mbun iarrachtaí gunnaí agus armlóin a fháil in áiteanna sa bPoblacht agus sa Tuaisceart.
Deir an IMC go bhfuil coiriúlacht ar bun ag paramíleataigh freisin - robáil, kidnapping, extortion, mí-shuaimhneas/iompar poiblí.
Deirtear go mb'fhéidir go mbeadh iar-bhall den IRA - déantúsóir buanaí - leis na heasaontóirí poblachtánacha anois agus go mb'fhéidir go bhfuil roinnt iar-bhaill den IRA ag cuidiú leo.
Ní féidir a rá áfach, gur ionann an méid atá ag tarlú is feachtas an IRA Sealadach féin.
Deir Stát-Rúnaí nua an Tuaiscirt Owen Paterson gur léirigh olltoghchán na Breataine go bhfuil tacaíocht ag na páirtithe a thacaíonn le próiseas na síochána.
The Northern Secretary Owen Paterson said the UK general election showed that there was overwhelming support for parties who want to make the political process work.
He said recent significant acts of decommissioning by both loyalist and republican paramilitaries marked a sea change in paramilitary activity.
He said the region still faced serious paramilitary challenges, but the decision by many to eschew violence was a hugely important signal of change.
O'Dowd calls for end to IMC
Meanwhile, a leading Sinn Féin member has called for the IMC to be wound up.
Upper Bann Assembly member John O'Dowd said the money should be put into frontline services to minimise the cuts being introduced by the British government.
He said the money was currently being wasted in the IMC's administration and expenses.
Mr O'Dowd said the Commission was no part of the architecture of the Good Friday Agreement and had been set up as a unionist comfort blanket. He said it had no role to play in the political process.
'No doubt the IMC will produce their usual and predictable report, the contents of which will have no influence on the political process.
'This is the function it has played for the past six years. It is a leftover from David Trimble's era and one which is little more than a cash cow for those involved', Mr O'Dowd said.
'Can anyone seriously justify continuing to pump millions of pounds of public money into the IMC particularly at a time when there are real and acute pressures on frontline services in education, health and other areas?' he asked.
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Deir siad go bhfuil an Fíor-IRA agus an tIRA Leanúnach fíochmhar, foréigeanach agus sásta daoione a mharú. Teastaíonn uathu próiseas na síochána a chur as rocht freisin, a dúradh.
Tá tuarascáil an choimisiún á iniúchadh ag rialtais na hEireann is na Breataine.
M Fómhair 2009 go dtí Feabhra na bliana seo an tréimhse a bhí faoi scrúdú.
Tá ceathrar sa gcoimisiún (IMC).
Deirtear sa tuarascáil go bhfuil a gcuid breathnadóireachta ar pharamíleataí méadaithe ag an PSNI agus ag na Gardaí.
Tá líon na n-ionsaithe méadaithe ag lucht paramíleata a dúradh. Gardaí is oifigigh an PSNI is mó a ionsaítear, a dúradh.
Tugtar le fios freisin go bhfuil siad ag earcú ógánaigh gan taithí agus bhfuil siad i mbun iarrachtaí gunnaí agus armlóin a fháil in áiteanna sa bPoblacht agus sa Tuaisceart.
Deir an IMC go bhfuil coiriúlacht ar bun ag paramíleataigh freisin - robáil, kidnapping, extortion, mí-shuaimhneas/iompar poiblí.
Deirtear go mb'fhéidir go mbeadh iar-bhall den IRA - déantúsóir buanaí - leis na heasaontóirí poblachtánacha anois agus go mb'fhéidir go bhfuil roinnt iar-bhaill den IRA ag cuidiú leo.
Ní féidir a rá áfach, gur ionann an méid atá ag tarlú is feachtas an IRA Sealadach féin.
Deir Stát-Rúnaí nua an Tuaiscirt Owen Paterson gur léirigh olltoghchán na Breataine go bhfuil tacaíocht ag na páirtithe a thacaíonn le próiseas na síochána.
The Northern Secretary Owen Paterson said the UK general election showed that there was overwhelming support for parties who want to make the political process work.
He said recent significant acts of decommissioning by both loyalist and republican paramilitaries marked a sea change in paramilitary activity.
He said the region still faced serious paramilitary challenges, but the decision by many to eschew violence was a hugely important signal of change.
O'Dowd calls for end to IMC
Meanwhile, a leading Sinn Féin member has called for the IMC to be wound up.
Upper Bann Assembly member John O'Dowd said the money should be put into frontline services to minimise the cuts being introduced by the British government.
He said the money was currently being wasted in the IMC's administration and expenses.
Mr O'Dowd said the Commission was no part of the architecture of the Good Friday Agreement and had been set up as a unionist comfort blanket. He said it had no role to play in the political process.
'No doubt the IMC will produce their usual and predictable report, the contents of which will have no influence on the political process.
'This is the function it has played for the past six years. It is a leftover from David Trimble's era and one which is little more than a cash cow for those involved', Mr O'Dowd said.
'Can anyone seriously justify continuing to pump millions of pounds of public money into the IMC particularly at a time when there are real and acute pressures on frontline services in education, health and other areas?' he asked.
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Binse Fionsraithe Moriarty - Tuarascáil Eatramhach?
Scríobh Cathaoirleach Bhinse Fiosraithe Moriarty chuig ceannairí na bpáirtithe polaitiúla ag rá go bhfuil sé ag smaoineamh tuarascáil eatramhach a fhoilsiú.
D'iarr ceannairí na bpáirtithe cruinniú ar an Taoiseach leis an méid ama atá an binse ag suí a phléigh leo.
Deir ceannaire Pháirtí an Lucht Oibre Éamonn Gilmore gur leag an cathaoirleach cúiseanna na moille amach. Airíodh dúshláin dhlíthiúla i measc na gcúiseanna (na cásanna a thóg Charles Haughey in aghaidh an bhinse ina measc).
Deir an cathaoirleach go bhfuil dhá phíosa oibre fágtha ag an mbinse:
i) an t-airgead (money-trail)....b'fhéidir go bhfoilseofaí tuarascáil luath bunaithe ar seo
ii) ábhair eile
Aistarraingt choncluidí (findings)
Baineann seo le conclúidí a d'fhoilsigh an binse in Eanáir 2010.
Bhagair an fear gnó, Dermot Desmond, athbhreithniú dlíthiúil a dhéanamh ar obair an bhinse mura dtarraingeofaí siar na conclúidí.
Cheistigh an binse fiosraithe an t-abhcóide sinsearach, Richard Nesbitt, i mí Iúil 2009 faoi chomhairle dhlí a chur sé ar an Roinn Cumarsáide i 1996. Bhain an chomhairle le dleathacht an cheadúnais a tugadh do Esat Digifone.
Sé'n chúis a ceistíodh Richard Nesbitt i 2009, ná gur fhoilsigh an binse réamh-chonclúidí in Eanáir 2008. Ina dhiaidh sin, chuir páirtithe éagsúla aighneachtaí fúthu sin, faoi bhráid an bhinse.
Deir Richard Nesbitt in Iúl 2009, gur thug sé comhairle i 1996 go raibh an ceadúnas dleathach, aineoinn go raibh scairshealbhaíocht faighte ag Dermot Desmond in Esat go gairid sular bronnadh an ceadúnas orthu.
Tháinig an binse ar chonclúidí rúnda eile i mí Eanáir na bliana seo. Sna conclúidí seo, tugadh le fios nár ghlac an binse fiosraithe le fianaise Richard Nesbitt i mí Iúil 2009 (gur thug sé comhairle go raibh an ceadúnas dleathach i 1996).
Shuí an Binse Fiosraithe arís ina dhiaidh seo. Ceistíodh beirt oifigeach ó Oifig an Ard-Aighne - John Gormley agus Denis McFadden. Thacaigh siadsan le fianaise Richard Nesbitt.
Is mar gheall ar seo a tharraing an Brth. Moriarty a chuid conclúidí faoi Dermot Desmond siar Dé hAoine seo caite (21 Bealtaine).
Deir an Br. Moriarty freisin go bhfuil athbhreithniú le déanamh ar na réamh-chonclúidí a rinneadh in Eanáir 2008 agus go mb'fhéidir go dtarraingeofaí siar iad sin freisin.
Níor theastaigh ón mBinse Fiosraithe Denis McFadden agus John Gormley ón mBinse Fiosraithe a cheistiú ar dtús, aineoinn an t-iarratas sin a bheith déanta ag roinnt páirithe.
Ach mar gheall gur ceistíodh iad - agus gur thacaigh siad le fianaise Richard Nesbitt - tarraingíodh siar conclúidí a bhain leis an Stát, an Roinn Cumarsáide, Oifig an Ard-Aighne, an t-iar-Aire Michael Lowry, Dermot Desmond, roinnt de scair-shealbhóirí Esat agus Denis O'Brien.
Pointí suntasacha:
- Bhunaigh an Dáil an Binse Fiosraithe i 1997
- chosain an Binse Fiosraithe E39.15m go dtí seo
- Measann Denis O'Brien go gcosnóidh an BF 212,000,000 ar fad ar deireadh
- Scríobh an Taoiseach chuig an BF níos luaithe an mhí seo ag ceistiú cén fhad a thógfadh an fiosrúchán
- Mar fhreagra, deir an BF go raibh éiginnteacht faoi theacht i láthair fhinné agus nach bhféadfaí a bheith cinnte
- Ní raibh Dermot Desmond ainmnithe in iarratas Esat ar dtús
- Nuair a fuair an Roinn Cumarsáide amach go raibh sé páirteach, d'fhiosraigh siad a stádas airgeadais
- Deir an BF nach bhfuair an Roinn Cumarsáide freagra díreach ó Oifig an Ard-Aighne faoi pháirtíocht Dermot Desmond (ó shin fuaireadh amach go bhfuair......Nesbitt/McFadden/Gormley)
D'iarr ceannairí na bpáirtithe cruinniú ar an Taoiseach leis an méid ama atá an binse ag suí a phléigh leo.
Deir ceannaire Pháirtí an Lucht Oibre Éamonn Gilmore gur leag an cathaoirleach cúiseanna na moille amach. Airíodh dúshláin dhlíthiúla i measc na gcúiseanna (na cásanna a thóg Charles Haughey in aghaidh an bhinse ina measc).
Deir an cathaoirleach go bhfuil dhá phíosa oibre fágtha ag an mbinse:
i) an t-airgead (money-trail)....b'fhéidir go bhfoilseofaí tuarascáil luath bunaithe ar seo
ii) ábhair eile
Aistarraingt choncluidí (findings)
Baineann seo le conclúidí a d'fhoilsigh an binse in Eanáir 2010.
Bhagair an fear gnó, Dermot Desmond, athbhreithniú dlíthiúil a dhéanamh ar obair an bhinse mura dtarraingeofaí siar na conclúidí.
Cheistigh an binse fiosraithe an t-abhcóide sinsearach, Richard Nesbitt, i mí Iúil 2009 faoi chomhairle dhlí a chur sé ar an Roinn Cumarsáide i 1996. Bhain an chomhairle le dleathacht an cheadúnais a tugadh do Esat Digifone.
Sé'n chúis a ceistíodh Richard Nesbitt i 2009, ná gur fhoilsigh an binse réamh-chonclúidí in Eanáir 2008. Ina dhiaidh sin, chuir páirtithe éagsúla aighneachtaí fúthu sin, faoi bhráid an bhinse.
Deir Richard Nesbitt in Iúl 2009, gur thug sé comhairle i 1996 go raibh an ceadúnas dleathach, aineoinn go raibh scairshealbhaíocht faighte ag Dermot Desmond in Esat go gairid sular bronnadh an ceadúnas orthu.
Tháinig an binse ar chonclúidí rúnda eile i mí Eanáir na bliana seo. Sna conclúidí seo, tugadh le fios nár ghlac an binse fiosraithe le fianaise Richard Nesbitt i mí Iúil 2009 (gur thug sé comhairle go raibh an ceadúnas dleathach i 1996).
Shuí an Binse Fiosraithe arís ina dhiaidh seo. Ceistíodh beirt oifigeach ó Oifig an Ard-Aighne - John Gormley agus Denis McFadden. Thacaigh siadsan le fianaise Richard Nesbitt.
Is mar gheall ar seo a tharraing an Brth. Moriarty a chuid conclúidí faoi Dermot Desmond siar Dé hAoine seo caite (21 Bealtaine).
Deir an Br. Moriarty freisin go bhfuil athbhreithniú le déanamh ar na réamh-chonclúidí a rinneadh in Eanáir 2008 agus go mb'fhéidir go dtarraingeofaí siar iad sin freisin.
Níor theastaigh ón mBinse Fiosraithe Denis McFadden agus John Gormley ón mBinse Fiosraithe a cheistiú ar dtús, aineoinn an t-iarratas sin a bheith déanta ag roinnt páirithe.
Ach mar gheall gur ceistíodh iad - agus gur thacaigh siad le fianaise Richard Nesbitt - tarraingíodh siar conclúidí a bhain leis an Stát, an Roinn Cumarsáide, Oifig an Ard-Aighne, an t-iar-Aire Michael Lowry, Dermot Desmond, roinnt de scair-shealbhóirí Esat agus Denis O'Brien.
Pointí suntasacha:
- Bhunaigh an Dáil an Binse Fiosraithe i 1997
- chosain an Binse Fiosraithe E39.15m go dtí seo
- Measann Denis O'Brien go gcosnóidh an BF 212,000,000 ar fad ar deireadh
- Scríobh an Taoiseach chuig an BF níos luaithe an mhí seo ag ceistiú cén fhad a thógfadh an fiosrúchán
- Mar fhreagra, deir an BF go raibh éiginnteacht faoi theacht i láthair fhinné agus nach bhféadfaí a bheith cinnte
- Ní raibh Dermot Desmond ainmnithe in iarratas Esat ar dtús
- Nuair a fuair an Roinn Cumarsáide amach go raibh sé páirteach, d'fhiosraigh siad a stádas airgeadais
- Deir an BF nach bhfuair an Roinn Cumarsáide freagra díreach ó Oifig an Ard-Aighne faoi pháirtíocht Dermot Desmond (ó shin fuaireadh amach go bhfuair......Nesbitt/McFadden/Gormley)
Fiosrúchán Dhomhnach na Fola
Meastar go bhfoilseofar an tuarascáil um Fhiosrúchán Dhomhnach na Fola (Doire 1972) i gceann trí seachtainí.
Sé an Tiarna Saville a bhí i mbun an fhiosrúcháin. Foilseofar an tuarascáil i Londain ach beidh réamh-amharc ag gaolta na ndaoine a maraíodh ar an tuarascáil i nDoire roimh réidh.
Maraíodh 13 i mí Eanáir 1972 nuair a scaoil saighdiúirí ó Arm na Breataine (paratroopers) le slua a bhí ag léirsiú ar son chearta sibhialta. Bhásaigh an ceathrú duine déag ina dhiaidh sin.
Chuir an Tiarna Saville tús leis an bhfiosrúchán i 1998 agus ceistíodh 900 finné, 245 saighdiúr ina measc.
Sé an Tiarna Saville a bhí i mbun an fhiosrúcháin. Foilseofar an tuarascáil i Londain ach beidh réamh-amharc ag gaolta na ndaoine a maraíodh ar an tuarascáil i nDoire roimh réidh.
Maraíodh 13 i mí Eanáir 1972 nuair a scaoil saighdiúirí ó Arm na Breataine (paratroopers) le slua a bhí ag léirsiú ar son chearta sibhialta. Bhásaigh an ceathrú duine déag ina dhiaidh sin.
Chuir an Tiarna Saville tús leis an bhfiosrúchán i 1998 agus ceistíodh 900 finné, 245 saighdiúr ina measc.
Rialtóir Airgeadais - Trioblóidí Morgáistí ardaithe
Deir an Rialtóir Airgeadais, Matthew Elderfield gur léirigh faisnéis atá bailithe don chéad trí mhí den bhliain go bhfuil ardú tagtha ar líon na ndaoine a bhfuil fadhbanna acu morgáiste a íoc agus ar líon na ndaoine a bhfuil an banc ag tógáil a dtithe ar ais uathu.
Bhí sé ag labhairt ag Institiúid Aracháis na hEireann inniu.
Deir sé freisin nach bhfuil aon réiteach simplí ann do dhaoine a bhfuil fadhbanna acu morgáiste a íoc. (ie NAMA do ghnáth-dhaoine).
Dá mbeadh scéim mar sin ag an Stát, a deir sé, an cáin-íocóir a bheadh ag íoc as ar aon nós.
Bhí sé ag labhairt ag Institiúid Aracháis na hEireann inniu.
Deir sé freisin nach bhfuil aon réiteach simplí ann do dhaoine a bhfuil fadhbanna acu morgáiste a íoc. (ie NAMA do ghnáth-dhaoine).
Dá mbeadh scéim mar sin ag an Stát, a deir sé, an cáin-íocóir a bheadh ag íoc as ar aon nós.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Mí-Éifeacht an HSE agus Cúram Leanaí
Theip ar an HSE go dtí seo a dheimhniú cé mhéid páiste a fuair bás agus iad faoina gcúram.
Tá grúpa athbhreithnithe neamhspleách bunaithe ag an Aire Leanaí, Barry Andrews leis na cásanna ar fad - páistí a bhásaigh agus iad faoi chúram an HSE - le deich mbliana anuas a scrúdú.
Deir an HSE roimhe seo gur 24 páiste a bhásaigh. Ach tá figiúr chomh h-ard le 200 luaite freisin.
Ní hamháin nach bhfuil an HSE in ann líon cruinn a luaigh, ach níl aon eolas fós tugtha acu do ghrúpa neamhspleách an Aire.
Deir Leas-Stiúrthóir Chúram Leanaí an HSE, Phil Garland go bhfuil fabhtanna i gcóras an fheidhmeannais i leith eolas a bhailiú faoi pháistí i mbaol.
Ní deá-léiriú é seo ar an HSE. Ach tá an córas sláinte tar éis ógánaigh a bhfuil meabhair-ghalair orthu a chur in éineacht le hothair fásta agus glactar leis go bhfuil sé seo mí-fheiliúnach freisin.
Teastaíonn uainn a fháil amach anois:
Cé mhéid páiste a bhásaigh faoi chúram an HSE?
Cén chaoi ar bhásaigh siad?
An raibh éinne faillíoch?
An bhfuil breis acmhainní ag teastáil?
An bhfuil an córas le heolas a bhailiú fúthú sách maith?
An bhfuil an córas monatóireachta sách maith?
An bhféadfadh sé seo tarlú arís?
Srl.
Tá grúpa athbhreithnithe neamhspleách bunaithe ag an Aire Leanaí, Barry Andrews leis na cásanna ar fad - páistí a bhásaigh agus iad faoi chúram an HSE - le deich mbliana anuas a scrúdú.
Deir an HSE roimhe seo gur 24 páiste a bhásaigh. Ach tá figiúr chomh h-ard le 200 luaite freisin.
Ní hamháin nach bhfuil an HSE in ann líon cruinn a luaigh, ach níl aon eolas fós tugtha acu do ghrúpa neamhspleách an Aire.
Deir Leas-Stiúrthóir Chúram Leanaí an HSE, Phil Garland go bhfuil fabhtanna i gcóras an fheidhmeannais i leith eolas a bhailiú faoi pháistí i mbaol.
Ní deá-léiriú é seo ar an HSE. Ach tá an córas sláinte tar éis ógánaigh a bhfuil meabhair-ghalair orthu a chur in éineacht le hothair fásta agus glactar leis go bhfuil sé seo mí-fheiliúnach freisin.
Teastaíonn uainn a fháil amach anois:
Cé mhéid páiste a bhásaigh faoi chúram an HSE?
Cén chaoi ar bhásaigh siad?
An raibh éinne faillíoch?
An bhfuil breis acmhainní ag teastáil?
An bhfuil an córas le heolas a bhailiú fúthú sách maith?
An bhfuil an córas monatóireachta sách maith?
An bhféadfadh sé seo tarlú arís?
Srl.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Cosaint Leanaí
Thángthas ar thaisí le dhá scór páiste in uaigh neamh-mharcáilte i gcillín sa Ráth Garbh i mBleá Cliath le gairid. Páistí iad a raibh cónaí orthu i Bethany House - ionad máithreachais, ionad cónaí do pháistí agus áit coinneála do mhná ab ea é. Is ó 1935/36 na taisí.
Cuireadh dhá scór páiste i dhá uaigh. Tá ainmneacha curtha leo anois.
Tá íospartaigh ag iarraidh cúiteamh ón Stát, a bhí freagrach as an Teach a rith, a dúradh.
Tuarascáil Uí Riain
Cothrom an lae inné a foilsíodh Tuarascáil Uí Riain - fiosrúchán a rinne an Breitheamh Seán Ryan faoin mhí-úsáid fhisiciúil agus mheabhrach a d'fhulaing páistí in ionaid chónaithe Stáit a bhí á rith ag Oird Reiligiúnda.
Cháin eagraíochtaí éagsúla an rialtas mar gheall ar a laghad atá déanta ó foilsíodh an tuarascáil. Thiomsaigh an rialtas 99 moladh tar éis fhoilsiú na tuarascála. Ach dar leis na heagraíochtaí go bhfuil an méid atá déanta go dtí seo neamh-shuntasach agus ró-mhall.
Reifreann
Tá sé á iarraidh le blianta anois go mbeadh foráil shainniúil sa mBunreacht i leith chearta leanaí. Tá an cheist scrúdaithe ag dhá Chomhchoiste Oireachtais. Ach níl an rialtas - ná an tAire Leanaí is Gnóthaí Óige, Barry Andrews - sásta dáta cinnte a thabhairt do reachtáil na reifrinne ar an gceist.
Measann tráchtairí áirithe go bhfuil an rialtas ag iarraidh é seo a sheachaint de bhrí go gcuirfí brú orthu an trí fho-thoghchán a reachtáil ar an lá céanna (Dún na nGall Thiar-Theas, Port Láirge, Bleá Cliath Theas).
Léirigh Tuarascáil Uí Riain, Uí Mhurchú agus cás Daniel McAnaspie - a maraíodh agus é faoi chúram an HSE - le gairid laigeachtaí an stáit maidir le cúram leanaí. Cúis imní é mura bhfuil na fadhbanna a léirigh na cásanna sin á gceartú go tapaí anois.
Cuireadh dhá scór páiste i dhá uaigh. Tá ainmneacha curtha leo anois.
Tá íospartaigh ag iarraidh cúiteamh ón Stát, a bhí freagrach as an Teach a rith, a dúradh.
Tuarascáil Uí Riain
Cothrom an lae inné a foilsíodh Tuarascáil Uí Riain - fiosrúchán a rinne an Breitheamh Seán Ryan faoin mhí-úsáid fhisiciúil agus mheabhrach a d'fhulaing páistí in ionaid chónaithe Stáit a bhí á rith ag Oird Reiligiúnda.
Cháin eagraíochtaí éagsúla an rialtas mar gheall ar a laghad atá déanta ó foilsíodh an tuarascáil. Thiomsaigh an rialtas 99 moladh tar éis fhoilsiú na tuarascála. Ach dar leis na heagraíochtaí go bhfuil an méid atá déanta go dtí seo neamh-shuntasach agus ró-mhall.
Reifreann
Tá sé á iarraidh le blianta anois go mbeadh foráil shainniúil sa mBunreacht i leith chearta leanaí. Tá an cheist scrúdaithe ag dhá Chomhchoiste Oireachtais. Ach níl an rialtas - ná an tAire Leanaí is Gnóthaí Óige, Barry Andrews - sásta dáta cinnte a thabhairt do reachtáil na reifrinne ar an gceist.
Measann tráchtairí áirithe go bhfuil an rialtas ag iarraidh é seo a sheachaint de bhrí go gcuirfí brú orthu an trí fho-thoghchán a reachtáil ar an lá céanna (Dún na nGall Thiar-Theas, Port Láirge, Bleá Cliath Theas).
Léirigh Tuarascáil Uí Riain, Uí Mhurchú agus cás Daniel McAnaspie - a maraíodh agus é faoi chúram an HSE - le gairid laigeachtaí an stáit maidir le cúram leanaí. Cúis imní é mura bhfuil na fadhbanna a léirigh na cásanna sin á gceartú go tapaí anois.
Diúltaíonn an TUI
Dhiúltaigh an TUI agus an ASTI do Chomhréiteach Pháirc an Chrócaigh. Vótáil 73% de bhaill an TUI agus diúltaíodh dó 3 in aghaidh 1.
Tá an CPSU tar éis diúltú dó cheana fhéin. Vótáilfidh an INTO tráthnóna.
Tá comhréiteach Pháirc an Chrócaigh molta ag ceannasaíocht SIPTU agus INMO (Irish Nurses and Mid-wives Organisation).
Deir Ard-Rúnaí an TUI, Peter McMenamin gur shíl seisean gur vótáileadh ina choinne mar gheall ar an iarratas go ndéanfaí idirbheartaíocht úr ar chonarthaí múinteoirí.
Tá éiginnteacht cothaithe aige seo ar fad.
Má dhiúltaítear don chomhréiteach, céard a tharlóidh ansin? Caitheadh dua á phlé seo - an féidir tosaí as an nua agus tús a chur le tuilleadh cainteanna? Ní dóigh gur féidir.
An bhfuil na ceardchumainn ag déanamh leas dhóibh fhéin, nó a mhalairt? Faoin gcomhréiteach, bheadh siad saor ó chiorruithe pá go dtí 2014. Ach ní féidir an geallúint sin a thabhart d'oireasa na comhréitigh. Agus tá ciorruithe E3bn le tógáil as an ngeilleagar i mbuiséad na bliana seo.
Ghlac an Public Service Executive Union agus an Association of Higher Civil and Public Servants leis an gcomhréiteach go dtí seo. Ach dealraíonn sé gur státseirbhísigh meán agus ard-stádais iadsan le hioncaim níos airde mar sin bhí siad in ann glacadh leis na ciorruithe ar bhealach níos réidh.
Tá fadhb ag an rialtas á bharr seo ar fad. Bheadh sé i bhfad níos éasca ciorruithe a chur i bhfeidhm ar bhonn comhréitigh. Ach má dhiúltaítear don chomhréiteach, tá níos mó baol ann go mbeidh léirsithe ar na sráideanna agus brú orthu ón bpobal. Níl léirsiú ar bith feicithe againn go dtí seo i gcomparáid leis na cinn a thiocfaidh má theipeann ar an gcomhréiteach agus má dhéanann an rialtas iarracht ciorruithe 3bn a chur i bhfeidhm i mí na Nollag seo chugainn.
Má thagann léirsithe agus mí-shuaimhneas shibhialta go tréan cothóidh sé amhras sna margaí i leith na tíre seo. Beidh sé níos daoire ag Éire airgead a fháil ar iasacht. Ní bheidh an oiread tóir ar na bannaí atá á ndíol go rialta ag an NTMA (fuair siad E1.5bn an tseachtain seo agus tá dhá thrian d'airgead na bliana acu cheana féin - bhí an ráta úis beagán níos airde ach sásúil i bhfianaise an 110bn atá á thabhairt don Ghréig).
Ach mar fhocal scoir, tá na hoibrithe san earnáil phoiblí ag rá gur díríodh an chuid is mó de na ciorruithe orthu siúd. Deir siad go bhfuil iocam chuid dá n-oibrithe laghdaithe suas le 15% (nuair a chuirtear na ciorruithe, táille phinsin agus laghdú/cealú bónais san áireamh).
Achoimre ar a gciorruithe:
- 5% ar an gcéad 30,000
- 7.5% ar 40,000 thairis sin
- 10% ar 50,000 thairis sin
Pinsean:
- Beidh pinsean feasta bunaithe ar mheán-ioncaim feadh do shaoil, seachas do thuarastal nuair a chríochnaíonn tú.
- Ardaíodh aois an phinsin ó 65 go dtí 66
Tá an CPSU tar éis diúltú dó cheana fhéin. Vótáilfidh an INTO tráthnóna.
Tá comhréiteach Pháirc an Chrócaigh molta ag ceannasaíocht SIPTU agus INMO (Irish Nurses and Mid-wives Organisation).
Deir Ard-Rúnaí an TUI, Peter McMenamin gur shíl seisean gur vótáileadh ina choinne mar gheall ar an iarratas go ndéanfaí idirbheartaíocht úr ar chonarthaí múinteoirí.
Tá éiginnteacht cothaithe aige seo ar fad.
Má dhiúltaítear don chomhréiteach, céard a tharlóidh ansin? Caitheadh dua á phlé seo - an féidir tosaí as an nua agus tús a chur le tuilleadh cainteanna? Ní dóigh gur féidir.
An bhfuil na ceardchumainn ag déanamh leas dhóibh fhéin, nó a mhalairt? Faoin gcomhréiteach, bheadh siad saor ó chiorruithe pá go dtí 2014. Ach ní féidir an geallúint sin a thabhart d'oireasa na comhréitigh. Agus tá ciorruithe E3bn le tógáil as an ngeilleagar i mbuiséad na bliana seo.
Ghlac an Public Service Executive Union agus an Association of Higher Civil and Public Servants leis an gcomhréiteach go dtí seo. Ach dealraíonn sé gur státseirbhísigh meán agus ard-stádais iadsan le hioncaim níos airde mar sin bhí siad in ann glacadh leis na ciorruithe ar bhealach níos réidh.
Tá fadhb ag an rialtas á bharr seo ar fad. Bheadh sé i bhfad níos éasca ciorruithe a chur i bhfeidhm ar bhonn comhréitigh. Ach má dhiúltaítear don chomhréiteach, tá níos mó baol ann go mbeidh léirsithe ar na sráideanna agus brú orthu ón bpobal. Níl léirsiú ar bith feicithe againn go dtí seo i gcomparáid leis na cinn a thiocfaidh má theipeann ar an gcomhréiteach agus má dhéanann an rialtas iarracht ciorruithe 3bn a chur i bhfeidhm i mí na Nollag seo chugainn.
Má thagann léirsithe agus mí-shuaimhneas shibhialta go tréan cothóidh sé amhras sna margaí i leith na tíre seo. Beidh sé níos daoire ag Éire airgead a fháil ar iasacht. Ní bheidh an oiread tóir ar na bannaí atá á ndíol go rialta ag an NTMA (fuair siad E1.5bn an tseachtain seo agus tá dhá thrian d'airgead na bliana acu cheana féin - bhí an ráta úis beagán níos airde ach sásúil i bhfianaise an 110bn atá á thabhairt don Ghréig).
Ach mar fhocal scoir, tá na hoibrithe san earnáil phoiblí ag rá gur díríodh an chuid is mó de na ciorruithe orthu siúd. Deir siad go bhfuil iocam chuid dá n-oibrithe laghdaithe suas le 15% (nuair a chuirtear na ciorruithe, táille phinsin agus laghdú/cealú bónais san áireamh).
Achoimre ar a gciorruithe:
- 5% ar an gcéad 30,000
- 7.5% ar 40,000 thairis sin
- 10% ar 50,000 thairis sin
Pinsean:
- Beidh pinsean feasta bunaithe ar mheán-ioncaim feadh do shaoil, seachas do thuarastal nuair a chríochnaíonn tú.
- Ardaíodh aois an phinsin ó 65 go dtí 66
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