Sign in. It’s quick, free and it’s up to you.
An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more.
THE MINISTER FOR Justice has confirmed that all relevant Government Departments and Agencies are prepared for this winter – although he noted that Irish weather is typically “unpredictable”.
Speaking at the launch of the ‘Be Winter-Ready’ 2012 – 2012 Information Campaign as Chairman of the Government Task Force on Emergency Planning he said that the winter of 2010 will be long remembered “as the year of severe cold, snow and ice but last winter, by contrast, was very mild”.
He noted that more recent severe weather this summer was characterised by heavy rainfall and consequent flooding, particularly affecting the Cork area. “This demonstrates the unpredictability of Irish weather and the need to be prepared but I must emphasise that severe weather events in Ireland are not common place,” he said.
The Minister insisted that sufficient resources we being provided this winter, including supplies of salt to treat roads – with 210,000 tonnes of salt being made available at strategic points across the country from the beginning of the season. This compares to just 130,000 tonnes used during the very severe winter of 2010/2011.
He noted that, in advance of severe weather events, local Councils will publish on their websites the priority routes being treated.
Shatter said that emergency plans are in place and regularly updated, while local authorities also have winter maintenance plans in place for the coming winter.
Within my own Department the Civil Defence and the Defence Forces are equipped, trained and regularly exercised to the highest levels to be able to provide support to the Civil Authorities, when required.
Civil Defence has a fleet of 151 4X4 vehicles, water pumping equipment in each Local Authority unit, 10 welfare trailer units serving each Local Authority region and recently acquired pontoons all in addition to an active membership of 4,469 Volunteer members ready and willing to assist Gardaí, Local Authorities and the HSE countrywide.
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
Imagine how much more is out there ! Who the hell do these so called citizens think they are ? PAYE workers they ain’t ! These idiots give the private sector a bad name and this fuels the false divide between public/private that the government loves to foster through its media lackeys in RTE !
Couldn’t have been said any better
Easy for PAYE sector to crow because when they lose a job they can claim unemployment benefits etc.and they never risk any capital on their job but when a person who is self employed, and perhaps employs others, goes bust through no fault of his own gets nothing – no help whatsoever, so why condemn them when they hold back a little on their taxes.
The biggest achievement of these last two governments is convincing muppets like you that it’s the PAYE/Public sector fault for everything that’s gone wrong.
When you start ranting about PAYE sector you play into their hands!!!
Aisling, you should write to Revenue and explain your case to them. I am sure they will give you a sympathetic ear and they will not laugh too loudly.
They don’t bother paying there taxs Aisling… And go out of business due to interest and penalties !! Wake up !!
One wrong doesn’t justify another.
It is very easy to fall into the trap of spending vat and tax when you are waiting months on cheques. It can happen very slowly. For some innocent people it is a case of surviving one month and then not earning as much the next and and then being hit with a huge tax bill from the previous year, having eaten into the tax to pay mortgage and utilities. It’s not always defrauding. It’s not always intent. And the tax/vat is not always spent on holidays and luxury goods. For some without social welfare or redundancy packages it is a temporary solution to survival.
It is always defrauding. The only way to protect yourself against this huge mistake is to see it for what it is.
It is not always defrauding. That would mean it is always an intent. For your clarification in many cases the arrears are paid back, albeit slowly. And let’s face it the Revenue do very well on interests and penalties – another crippling problem for the self employed. There is a huge difference between those who have no intention of paying and those who cannot pay it at that time and who keep hoping for things to turn around so they can pay.
Will Des Richardson be going to jail like the garlic vat evasion man. What’s that you say, oh he has friends in fianna fail!
Would we have seen Des Richardson on the defaulters list if Fianna Fail were still in power?
You have hit the nail on the head there!!
The smell of FF, lingers on!
With ongoing austerity The fact is the local SME sector is on its knees, keeping people in jobs is no easy task, PAYE shouldn’t complain,they receive a special PAYE allowance of 1.6k which self employed are not entitled to, i’m thinking there must be an equality issue with that?
Dont buy your beef in waterford,sure to be full of horse to cover tax bill lol
Surely a regulator has looked at 123.ie’s books? No? Too busy at IBRC these days?
have your say