12/02/2010 - 15:30 12/02/2010 - 23:30 Etc/GMT Haiti Fundraiser Pub Quiz
 Bohemian Pub, Phibsborough
8.30 pm, Friday, 12 February All funds raised to
€10 (waged), contribution (unwaged)
Teams of four will be formed on the night Organised by People Before Profit Alliance (Dublin Central)
PLEASE SUPPORT!
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At its monthly meeting last night Dublin City Council expressed its solidarity with Council workers involved in industrial action against wage cuts. The motion proposed by People Before Profit Councillors Brid Smith and Joan Collins said “This council expresses its solidarity with the workers of DCC engaging in a work to rule starting on 25 January. The aim of the work to rule is to reverse the 17% average pay cut implemented in 2009. The pay cut and the current embargo on recruitment mean that DCC workers are currently working harder for less. Public sector workers are being unfairly singled out to foot the cost of bailing out the banks. Every cent of the €4 billion savings in Budget 2009 has been poured into the banks. We pledge our full support to the workers of the Council in their work to rule and any ensuing strike action and recognise that any reduction in service from DCC staff is the fault of the current FF/Green Government.” The motion was passed by 23 to 4. Only Fianna Fail councillors voted against. |
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Children for Profit from Dave Donnellan on Vimeo.
For more information on the Campaign for Commercial Free Education visit: www.commercialfreeeducation.com
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Issue One of People Before Profit Alliance Newsletter is now available. Download below |
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Eu Neo-Liberal Policies To Mean VAT On On Council Services From July.
In a statement the People Before Profit Alliance (PBPA) has condemned a recent ruling of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), which means that VAT will now be imposed on all local authority services for which there is a charge.
 The PBPA statement follows a recent meeting of the Dublin City Council Finance Special Policy Committee, (SPC) where it was revealed that a case taken by the EU commission to the ECJ on the issue of Ireland’s failure to impose VAT on publicly provided services would mean VAT would have to be imposed on such services from now on.
The meeting revealed that local authorities are currently working with the revenue commissioners, compiling a list of Council services where VAT would be applied. It is intended that any changes in VAT law resulting from the Judgement will be brought forward in March/April in the Finance Bill 2010 with a likely implementation date of July 2010.
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 In a statement, the People Before Profit Alliance (PBPA) has said that systematic failure on the part of the government to invest in upgrading the water infrastructure, despite knowledge of its perilous condition, is the real reason that the water system has been plunged into crisis by recent weather conditions.
PBPA said the government have been fully aware over recent years of the need to urgently replace water mains across the country with modern and more robust piping and to increase reservoir capacity but had simply failed to provide the resources to do this.
 Cllr Richard Boyd Barrett said: “The massive hardship now being experienced by hundreds of thousands of people – particularly families with children and the elderly – is not the unfortunate result of extreme weather conditions; it is the result of systemic government failure.
The government are dishonestly suggesting that the current water crisis is purely the result of freak weather conditions or because of householders irresponsibly running taps. This is pure hypocrisy and dishonesty. |
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Some facts about the recession The Public Sector Far from what the government would have us believe the Irish Public Sector is not bloated. The 2008 OECD Review of public services showed that spending on public services in Ireland in 2005 was third lowest of 25 OECD countries. CSO data show s that current public spending dropped from 33.6% of GDP in 1996 to 28.5% in 2005. According to CSO between December 08 and June 09 public sector numbers have fallen by 3,000. Recent EU data shows that spending on social protection in Ireland was 18.2% of GDP in 2006 compared to an EU average of 27%. Welfare rates are the fifth lowest in the EU. Pay Income Tax Year 2007 Public Sector Employees All Employees |
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03/02/2010 - 11:00 03/02/2010 - 12:00 Etc/GMT The Eastern Region Network of CDP's are staging a protest outside the Dail this Wednesday morning 3rd February at 11.am in solidarity with the CDP's that have been told their appeals have been rejected. Also to continue to campaign for CDP's to retain their local management boards and Ltd Company status. All support would be welcome! |
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06/02/2010 - 11:00 Etc/GMT The Kerry Public Service Workers Alliance (KPSWA) is holding a protest outside the clinic of Fianna Fail TD Tom McEllistrim, on Saturday 6th February at 11am. Venue situated at the back of the Horan Centre, Tralee. In the words of the local TUI, " bring as many colleagues as you can along with you. It is crucial that action of this kind begin to happen all over the country so that the appearance of quiet due to the Christmas break and the bad weather is transformed and the politicians are jolted out of any false sense of security into which they may have been lulled. It is equally important that we demonstrate to the leadership of the trade union movement that there is no way we are ever going to accept and lie down under what has been done to us". |
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