Recruitment Moratorium

gsdublin

"Numbers were reduced from 1,100 last year to just 400 for 2009, but only half the 2009 intake will now proceed with further recruitment considered from 2011 onward".


I know this thread is not intended as a place for potential recruits to whinge etc but I feel I have to comment.

I applied originally in jan 08 after 7 yrs working in the construction industry after deciding it was time to move on to what i always wanted to be.

That was 16 months ago now and this news states that I , if accepted, now have no chance of beginning training until 2011?

What sense does this make.

I didn't apply to become a garda for a safe career , at the time my trade was booming and I was not in any danger of becoming redundant.

I answered a recruitment drive by AGS and have attended the interviews and meds etc as and when I was asked and have passed all these stages.

I feel absolutely sick.

opti76

gsdublin wrote: »

"Numbers were reduced from 1,100 last year to just 400 for 2009, but only half the 2009 intake will now proceed with further recruitment considered from 2011 onward".


I know this thread is not intended as a place for potential recruits to whinge etc but I feel I have to comment.

I applied originally in jan 08 after 7 yrs working in the construction industry after deciding it was time to move on to what i always wanted to be.

That was 16 months ago now and this news states that I , if accepted, now have no chance of beginning training until 2011?

What sense does this make.

I didn't apply to become a garda for a safe career , at the time my trade was booming and I was not in any danger of becoming redundant.

I answered a recruitment drive by AGS and have attended the interviews and meds etc as and when I was asked and have passed all these stages.

I feel absolutely sick.

imagine how youl feel once your in the job and are told your taking a pay cut ,wont be promoted , cant get appointed wont get up skilled and wont get transferred to a location that would ease the financial burden on you and your family

gsdublin

opti76 wrote: »

imagine how youl feel once your in the job and are told your taking a pay cut ,wont be promoted , cant get appointed wont get up skilled and wont get transferred to a location that would ease the financial burden on you and your family

I can't begin to understand , sorry to hear it.

These fools are talking about a 10% drop in living standards-who are they kidding.

deadwood

Would you like files with that?:D

Sierra Oscar

It really does show the sorry state our State's finances are in if we cannot even ensure the continued recruitment of security forces.

AlekSmart

I wonder if Mr Cowen or any of his ministers are watching events in Thailand at the moment......If they are,then perhaps some "mature reflection" is called for..?? :rolleyes:

Tango Alpha 51

Health Minister Mary Harney has said measures linked to today's supplementary Budget will make a significant contribution to easing the financial pressures on the HSE.

However, the HSE will still have to press ahead with cutbacks.

She said even after the relief measures announced, the HSE will still have to address €147 million out of the €540 million deficit that emerged after the original 2009 HSE service plan was adopted in December.

Following today's Budget:

* €160 million is being made available to cover the HSE's shortfall in health levy receipts. The health levy was doubled in the Budget.

* The Minister will seek a supplementary estimate later in the year of €100 million, if needed, to fund additional medical cards.

* The health capital provision, including funds for hospital building and ICT, is to be cut further, by €20 million.

* Payments under the new consultant contract are to be addressed when the Minister makes a final decision on the HSE's revised service plan for 2009. It is expected that increases due totalling €140 million this year will be phased in over a lengthy period.

* There is to be a HSE budget saving of €60 million from the cost of pay awards and the amount provided for demographic service pressures.

*The HSE is to achieve further savings as a result of the recent Government freeze on public service employment and voluntary early retirement arrangements.

The Minister has stressed that this moratorium does not apply to consultant posts, emergency medical technicians in ambulance services and a range of therapist and other posts.

She can't even get our job title right. Anyway another load of ****e from her, she promised sun moon & stars for us in getting ready for the closure of ennis & nenagh but this hasn't happened. She states that recruitment for the NAS wouldn't be affected yet intakes for this year have been scrapped & interviews scheduled for may have been cancelled. More empty promises from a useless government.

Hooch

Delighted to hear this buzzman, great stuff. More lies!!! Wonderful fools running the country (hope we are proved wrong)

timmywex

buzzman wrote: »

Health Minister Mary Harney has said measures linked to today's supplementary Budget will make a significant contribution to
The Minister has stressed that this moratorium does not apply to consultant posts, emergency medical technicians in ambulance services and a range of therapist and other posts.

She can't even get our job title right. Anyway another load of ****e from her, she promised sun moon & stars for us in getting ready for the closure of ennis & nenagh but this hasn't happened. She states that recruitment for the NAS wouldn't be affected yet intakes for this year have been scrapped & interviews scheduled for may have been cancelled. More empty promises from a useless government.

Correct me if im wrong but dont the hse not recognize paramedic post? Something really really uterly complicated that someone couldnt work out and give them a seperate pay level until everyone was upgraded to paramedic?

When recruitment is/ws done, was always for an emergency medical technician(PHECC registered paramedic)

Hooch

timmywex wrote: »

Correct me if im wrong but dont the hse not recognize papremdic post? Something really really uterly complicated that someone couldnt work out and give them a seperate pay level until everyone was upgraded to paramedic?

When recruitment is/ws done, was always for an emergency medical technician(PHECC registered paramedic)

First part is a double negative but i get what your saying:D

HSE do not recognize their staff as paramedics but as EMT. EMT is whats on the payslip. PHECC recognize them as Paramedics and their uniform (supplied by hse) states Paramedic on it! Crazy I know but sure when do management ever get things right in any government department.

O and nearly all Hse NAS staff are upskilled. Last upskilling course was in 2007 for controllers, held in Cork.

deadwood

timmywex wrote: »

PHECC registered paramedic

Paulzx

buzzman wrote: »

The Minister has stressed that this moratorium does not apply to consultant posts, emergency medical technicians in ambulance services and a range of therapist and other posts.

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Haaa Haaaa Haaa!!!. Don't make me laugh. There's two chances of them spots in the ambulance service being filled. Not with the slash and burn going on at the moment.

The only sure thing in the Dept of Health is that Mary Harney can eat a 4 stone sack of spuds in one sitting.

cbreeze

Paulzx wrote: »

Haaa Haaaa Haaa!!!. Don't make me laugh. There's two chances of them spots in the ambulance service being filled. Not with the slash and burn going on at the moment.

The only sure thing in the Dept of Health is that Mary Harney can eat a 4 stone sack of spuds in one sitting.

Yep. And when Pavarotti died he left her his clothes