http://busrage.com/2008/05/30/report-reviews-the-current-state-of-reviewing-reports-about-reviews/ It's time for an exact change Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:29:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://busrage.com/2008/05/30/report-reviews-the-current-state-of-reviewing-reports-about-reviews/#comment-42 Al Sat, 31 May 2008 08:29:21 +0000 http://busrage.com/?p=75#comment-42 No; it's a really bad idea. Especially since the way they're going there, they intend to make it permanent. Ireland will have to fight for Home Rule again if that Lisbon Treaty is not killed with one swift stroke (to paraphrase Governor Tarkin from "Star Wars"). AAMOF, all of this political indecision on the home front, I suspect, is influenced and encouraged by Brussels in order to make "centralisation" of the powers in Brussels and taking them away from the sovereign governments more palatable to an overworked and generally unsuspecting public. (Consider the "re-sale" of the Nice Treaty.) No; it’s a really bad idea. Especially since the way they’re going there, they intend to make it permanent. Ireland will have to fight for Home Rule again if that Lisbon Treaty is not killed with one swift stroke (to paraphrase Governor Tarkin from “Star Wars”). AAMOF, all of this political indecision on the home front, I suspect, is influenced and encouraged by Brussels in order to make “centralisation” of the powers in Brussels and taking them away from the sovereign governments more palatable to an overworked and generally unsuspecting public. (Consider the “re-sale” of the Nice Treaty.)

]]> http://busrage.com/2008/05/30/report-reviews-the-current-state-of-reviewing-reports-about-reviews/#comment-41 Alek Smart Sat, 31 May 2008 01:15:10 +0000 http://busrage.com/?p=75#comment-41 It is indeed a very striking aspect of modern Ireland that it collectively finds decision making a very tough process,to the point of virtually refusing to make or abide with anything resembling one ! In terms of road based public transport,we have been told for quite some time now (1933 perhaps?) that the 1932 Road Transport Act is a crock which cannot facilitate progress in any form. Yet the 1932 Act was amended in 2000 to allow for the provisions of the Equal Status Act 2000 to be provided for in Public Transport. Yet mysteriously and only in response to questioning by the Dail Committee on Transport,the Minister for Transport sez the provisions of the ESA 2000 CANNOT be enforced on Private Sector Operators due to the inadequacies of the 1932 Act. One wonders why the Oireachts bothered to amend the 1932 Act at all if that amendment is useless..?? No doubt the 1932 Act has been studied into submission with the net result being a Department which can only observe unlicenced services being run in flagrant breach of the Law. Even the much vaunted DTA Bill now seems to be little more than yet another vehicle upon which a new generation of snake-oil salesmen can ride through town on. It`s difficult in many ways to admit,but there are so many manifestations of inherent inability to self-govern that sub contracting our administration to Europe may not be a bad idea after all !! It is indeed a very striking aspect of modern Ireland that it collectively finds decision making a very tough process,to the point of virtually refusing to make or abide with anything resembling one !
In terms of road based public transport,we have been told for quite some time now (1933 perhaps?) that the 1932 Road Transport Act is a crock which cannot facilitate progress in any form.
Yet the 1932 Act was amended in 2000 to allow for the provisions of the Equal Status Act 2000 to be provided for in Public Transport.
Yet mysteriously and only in response to questioning by the Dail Committee on Transport,the Minister for Transport sez the provisions of the ESA 2000 CANNOT be enforced on Private Sector Operators due to the inadequacies of the 1932 Act.
One wonders why the Oireachts bothered to amend the 1932 Act at all if that amendment is useless..??
No doubt the 1932 Act has been studied into submission with the net result being a Department which can only observe unlicenced services being run in flagrant breach of the Law.
Even the much vaunted DTA Bill now seems to be little more than yet another vehicle upon which a new generation of snake-oil salesmen can ride through town on.
It`s difficult in many ways to admit,but there are so many manifestations of inherent inability to self-govern that sub contracting our administration to Europe may not be a bad idea after all !!

]]>