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THE MINISTER FOR the Environment Alan Kelly says he does not want any bonuses paid at Irish Water.
Speaking today outside Leinster House, Kelly said that he wanted to make his position quite clear on the matter of bonuses being paid, stating:
“I don’t believe in it, I don’t believe it should happen.”
Priority
The board of Ervia and the board of Irish Water will merge to create a new board and he said he expected the new board to deal with the issue of bonuses “as a priority”.
“There is a lot of details around this, there is contracts, there is details to be worked out, there is no way as a minister I am going to get into that detail, but I will be telling the new board that I want that issue dealt with as a matter of priority,” he said.
The minister then put a call out for anyone that felt they could play a role on the new board, stating: “We need people for the board of Ervia. We need people with experience in this area, anyone who feels they have that, I would ask them to put their names forward”.
Data breaches
When asked by TheJournal.ie if he thought the public had any confidence in the organisation following data breaches taking place with people’s banking details being sent to their landlord, he said that peoples personal data has to be protected.
That is absolutely fundamental. A number of errors do occur and you have to accept that that is a possibility, but quite frankly, they shouldn’t.
Any breaches that have happened or have accidentally happened where customers information has been given to people when it shouldn’t have is simply unacceptable.
I made that quite clear today and I don’t expect that to be an issue that will continue to happen.
He said that those customers who did have their banking details passed on to their landlords have been dealt with, stating that senior level management at Irish Water have been in touch with the customers, and he welcomed that.
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The government leak out the word bonuses and how much they will get to get everyone talking about that. Then the government step in to stop it, make them look like the good guys. Thinking that we will accept Irish water with no bonuses paid. P iss off. Scrap the lot. Jokers.
Alan kelly will you just get your head around the fact that this company is dead in the water….excuse pun
No continuing bonus this year except for what’s already agreed. Give us our money back…gangsters.
alan kelly will also be looking for a new job in about 18 months time
All this talk about bonuses. Theyre trying to deflect from the real issue which is the existence of IW in the first place.
Exactly. In fact, getting rid of bonuses means you pay the same to good workers as under performers!
So will they return the bonuses already paid
No, they will discuss them, publicly criticise them, have a report written on it and then long finger it until after the election.
Playing with words?
Did the people who moved from coco have a “pay at risk” scheme. If so what were the percentages?
Jesus, can’t wait to see the crap that comes out of this, the staff have contracts, strike strike strike, lol!!! This is going to be another massive joke, and if the staff have to give up the bonus the cost will be Hugh, you fecking idiots won’t get the bonuses of the table without a buyback, Jesus IW just needs to be abolished,
Paul you forgot ” and they will do nada about it”
And remember people, they’re not ‘bonuses’ they’re ‘performance related incentives’
Now if you’ll excuse me, my ‘device for communicating with others’ needs recharging.
So this basically equates a pay rise. One which Kelly can’t control?
Transparency urgently required. Tierney not capable of that.
Don’t register / don’t pay.
Nov 1st – bring as many as you can out & lets show them real power.
All aboard the Irish Gravy train. They still don’t get it, do they. It’s not just about Bonuses any more. It’s about paying twice, even three times for our water and for it to be sold off to a private company.
Don’t register and Don’t Pay. All out Nov the 1st.
This is not the real issue. Water tax is the issue we should not get caught up in who gets bonuses etc.
If they want to introduce metered water charges they need to take 2% of VAT and 5% off motor tax first. Also they need to insure it never gets privatised and we pay no more than the average per m3 rate in the EU.
They are politician’s..they don’t guarantee anything. If they did sure they’ll change the law and constitution to siit themselves
Agree with reducing taxes elsewhere to cover it. Bizarrely, the government hasn’t tried to spin it that way! In fact they could have emphasised that the recent income tax reductions and social welfare increase were the being funded by water charges.
Yea, that surprised me too. They clearly aren’t paying their advisors enough.
Wow now I am really voting FG Lab ! So predictable. All out on the 1st give us our general election now.
How much water would you need to flush the Irish water application pack down the toilet?
Do what I did. Shred it and pop it into an envelope and send it back to them.
It would not fit down the toilet it’s that full of crap
pee in the cistern first..
And so it begins the creator turns on its creation!!!
Pat who?
PP, I’m starting to think the same thing. Pat Rabbite is, was, the politician I hated most. I didn’t think I would ever see such contempt for the electorate again (and in fairness, I haven’t), but I feel I may be surprised soon enough.
God, I get so stressed even thinking about Rabbite. He angrys up the blood.
From our local newspaper today.
“LABOUR councillor Joe Leddin, Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan’s parliamentary assistant, is to march in protest against Irish Water on Saturday.
The former general election candidate’s action is likely to cause embarrassment to Ms O’Sullivan, only recently appointed to a full ministry.
And in a day of high drama, the leader of Limerick City and County Council Kevin Sheahan has also confirmed he will take part in the action, set to get under way at 2pm outside City Hall this Saturday.”
So now we have a Labour Councillor attending our Anti-Water March on the 25th of October. Could this be the beginning of a revolt in the Labour ranks ?
Some of the big unions are now backing the anti water charges campaign so Labour are falling to bits
In fairness David I don’t think Jan does embarrassment. It might interfere with her ministerial pension..
what about Siptu. where are they on the water issue.
Siptu aka labour are not .
More than likely a doomed attempt at not losing his seat at the next election.
Siptu what a disastrous Union they have proved to be. They forgot they wear on the workers side.
He can polish it up as much as he likes, if the vast number of Irish people stick together and refuse to pay double taxation for their water, it will show our “masters” in the Dail that they were elected by the people of this country and not the troika. its our small population the will instigate there demise and evict them from their ivory towers. this coalition have failed the people of our country in many ways, water conservation is a total red herring , its privatisation in the long run for them and there masters from Europe.
Well said Mick Andrews !
Vote on November 1st and tell everyone
in a nutshell.. November 1st is coming fast
New board , new plank you mean. They won’t be getting any of my money.
Labour the quango party.
Sunset pensions.
Nobody is falling for all the deliberate distractions. We are very focused, united and steadfast in our absolute condemnation of Irish Water. It must go ! The sooner the better, every day we watch more of the money we don’t have been pumped in to the corpse that us Irish Water. It’s dead in the WATER boys … Do the decent thing and let it go
So what are YOU going to do about it as minister Kelly? Heard you saying it will be up to the new board. Not good enough…
Again another lapdog sent out to appease the populace. More of endas bluff and bluster from the labour party. This government has got to be the worst collection of clusterf***s we will ever have the honour of paying pensions to.
“There is a lot of details around this, there is contracts, there is details to be worked out, there is no way as a minister I am going to get into that detail, but I will be telling the new board that I want that issue dealt with as a matter of priority,” he said.
That’s telling ‘em Alan, shame you’re all bark and no bite.
A toothless teacup chihuahua so to speak.
Alan Kelly the people of Tipperary are waiting for you in the long grass remember Labour only got 4% of the vote in the Local Elections.
So IW will move from a partially variable / partially fixed salary package to a fully-fixed package where everyone gets 100% regardless of how hard they work or how idle they are. Great suggestion.
By the way, would Alan Kelly like to explain his bonouses such as a non-contributary minister’s pension worth more than his minister’s pay, bye bye money when he leaves office, etc. etc. This is really a case of glass houses and throwing stones.
He should of just asked Enda, He told us there were no bonuses so it must be true. Job done.
Don’t talk about it kelly make it happen or in case make it not happen
Enda Kenny and the government knew back as far as 2012 of the bonus structure put in place for the staff of IW. This is just the usual disingenuious waffle from the government. When you listen to what they say, you realise that they still dont have a clue about what IW means and is doing to this country.
No contract
No consent
Power to the people
Did anyone see any “Stop the bonuses” or “We demand a better standard of communication” on any banners or placards at any Irish Water protests ?????
A.B. it was highlighted after the last march. hope you have a banner to wave at next one, but i get your point.
So, is Minister Kelly going to unilaterally change the employment contracts of the staff at Irish Water? People who have a bonus clause in their contract are legally entitled to it, provided the conditions precedent are met, whether Minister Kelly likes it or not. This guff from a government minister is just the stuff of genius.
How does a monopoly even need bonuses? It is not as if they have to win business from a competitor.
Bonuses are vehicles to allow a company to share its profit with its employees. Irish water should not be generating profit; why should its employees be rewarded a bonus?
The privatisation of Irish Water will have to wait Minister Kelly now go and tell your bosses that.
They won’t be using my money to pay bonuses.
I’m not paying twice.
What to you get if your througn does not come back irish water .ie
I agree with the bonuses so long as they are cost neutral. Ie if one person performs well and gate 100€ someone else who performs badly has 100€ deducted.
What do you get a bonus for? What is your target?
Niall are you serious, haven’t you read there modus operandi. even under achievers are credited
Oh! Look! There goes another one….
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