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category dublin | politics / elections | opinion/analysis author Friday November 24, 2006 00:11author by Citizen - The taxpayers of Ireland Report this post to the editors

dont mind the fast lane, what about the swim lane?

As the supreme court finally settled the argument over the National Aquatic Centre, I am curious as to how much this cost me.

Campus Stadium Ireland indicate on their website that this takeover is in agreement with Dublin Waterworld Ltd. Information was scant enough and little was heard about how much it cost us taxpayers to re-possess our own property. I didn't hear any reference to costs etc, a detail usually highlighted by the media at every opportunity. Surely CSID did not battle all the way to the supreme court to agree to settle on lesser terms than awarded by the courts all the way through this case.
The Irish Times carried an article recently with regard to allegations of document removal being an issue in a labour dispute. Is there further costs coming as these allegations are investigated or is there an imminent tribunal in the pipe. 11miliion in Vat and four years of 2.8 million tax "avoidance" per annum, makes corruption payments in the moriarty tribunal pale almost into insignificance.
Is this egg too rotten to be cracked in the run up to an election. Has FF managed to apply damage limitation on bad publicity here just in time? All this money would sort out the problems of a lot of communities in war torn Dublin and Limerick suburbs. Maybe we spent too long looking at problems on the wrong side of the Snugborough road. 2.8 million would sort out a helluva lot of problems in Corduff's tortured community over the years. Anyway,... I would just like to know where my money went and do I need to borrow some more?

author by Bill gatespublication date Wed Apr 02, 2008 13:05author address author phone Report this post to the editors

I see they are now operating at a loss of 2 million per year!
Previous operators required no subsidy. Who loses out - the TAX PAYER!

author by Cost saverpublication date Fri Nov 24, 2006 16:23author address author phone Report this post to the editors

The Nac was run without subsidy by the state but now they are going to have to fund the repairs as well as cover the running cost..erm!....Is that the wisest move they have made???

author by Mathematicianpublication date Fri Nov 24, 2006 00:32author address author phone Report this post to the editors

I am just applying my trade here.

4 x 2.8 = 11.2

+ 11 = 22.5 million

Append legal costs: 2,000,000

= 24,500,000

Add upcoming costs for revamp, repair, reorganise, recruitment,
ball park figure 1,500,000

= 26,000,000

Chicken feed ! Sure the bridge down the road ( fondly known as the toll plaza) is gonna cost us 600,000,000 and 75% of the population never use the damned thing, except on all ireland sunday, when dublin punters are usually at a loose end :)

 
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