Rail Users Ireland Forum - View Single Post - CIE given €36m extra funding to protect public transport

karlr42 · 25-07-2012, 13:57

Don't know why Leo even bothered to say anything. We all know there is an annual increase in fares, we are well used to it by now. He could have just kept his mouth shut and avoided the bad press.

What he should be saying instead is what exactly the extra funding is for. The lack of transparency is unacceptable. Most people in the know seem to agree it's to pay redundancy, but why should we have to guess like that? Why can't they just flat out say what the extra subvention is needed for? Is it because there is no actual specific destination for the money and CIE just threw a tantrum at the loss of subvention and are in fact financially unable to continue operating services? I don't think that is the case at all, but by not telling us they invite that kind of speculation.

25-07-2012, 13:57	#7
karlr42 Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Clonsilla Posts: 340	Don't know why Leo even bothered to say anything. We all know there is an annual increase in fares, we are well used to it by now. He could have just kept his mouth shut and avoided the bad press. What he should be saying instead is what exactly the extra funding is for. The lack of transparency is unacceptable. Most people in the know seem to agree it's to pay redundancy, but why should we have to guess like that? Why can't they just flat out say what the extra subvention is needed for? Is it because there is no actual specific destination for the money and CIE just threw a tantrum at the loss of subvention and are in fact financially unable to continue operating services? I don't think that is the case at all, but by not telling us they invite that kind of speculation. Last edited by karlr42 : 25-07-2012 at 14:01.