How To Write A Minister’s Speech
Mediocre to poor Ministers don't write their own speeches. They read the speeches written for them by their civil servants as amended by their political advisors. The Fianna Fail Ard Fheis is on this week.
Taggged: Civil-Service
Taoiseach Mislead the Dail
Following on from my post earlier this week, FG's Environment spokesman told Adam Maguire that given the facts I'd outlined he believes that the Taoiseach had mislead the Dail. Duh.
Blogs banned in Leinster House (and Blackhall Place)
Dick O'Brien tells us today that staff at Leinster House have been asked to sign a web usage policy banning them from looking at all 'weblogs'. (I can add to this that the Law School in Blackhall Place, while I was there, decided to take more direct action by blocking access to any address with 'blog' in the URL.
Ripples from McGarr v Dept of Finance
My challenge to limiting job opportunities to people with a set number of years' service (about which more here) has bubbled up in an unexpected place.
Flooding this weekend. Warnings in October.
Over at Winds and Breezes Treasa noticed something odd about the government's readiness for predicted floods;I see from breakingnews that we could be facing the worst flooding in 25 years this weekend. I unfortunately shall be nowhere near the coast to see the unusual high tides, but that’s irrelevant at this junction. Mr Roche advised people to follow guidelines on the www.
Reversing An Ageing Civil Service
From the Sunday Tribune:HUNDREDS of top-level civil service jobs are to be opened up to the public in an effort to bring fresh blood into what the Department of Finance admits is "an ageing civil service". Now, I know more than a little about this. I was a serving Executive Officer for some time and faced resistance to being promoted.
Following Our Servant’s Lead
Up until about a month ago, I was a serving Civil Servant. As such, as I sometimes alluded to here on tuppenceworth. ie, I officially had no political point of view.
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