IE: Irish national budget for 2012 is now under preparation
Verfasst: Sa 22. Okt 2011, 18:23
Please Lobby the Irish Government to Save Greyhounds
Urgent Reminder: to help the majority of greyhounds who are not lucky enough to be rescued
Are you a tax payer? If so, you are helping to subsidise the Irish greyhound racing industry via the IMF bail-out
The Irish national budget for 2012 is now under preparation for publication in December, so time is of the essence.
Ireland is in receipt of a bail-out from the IMF/EU/ECB. In December 2010, the IMF approved a 3 year extended fund facility arrangement (EFF) for Ireland amounting to €22.5 bn, which is part of an international rescue package worth €85 billion. The governments of the UK, Sweden and Denmark are contributing to the financial rescue package for Ireland in addition to their membership of the IMF. All of this is coming from tax payers around the world.
The Irish government’s National Recovery Plan is a component of the international rescue package. As part of the National Recovery Plan, universal social welfare benefits will be cut in Ireland but the bail-out should not disadvantage the most vulnerable groups in society. This remains a core policy objective for the Irish Government.
The Bord na gCon is a commercial semi-state body responsible for the control and development of the greyhound industry in Ireland. The Bord na gCon received €13.6m from the Irish government in 2009 and around €11m in 2010. Incidentally, the Bord na gCon is now in need of €15m to develop a business venture in China where it intends to build racing stadia and infrastructure.
The Irish government plans to cut 150 – 200 special needs assistants in schools in 2011 in order to comply with the terms of the bail-out. The number of special needs assistants, which stands at 10,802, exceeds a cap agreed under the conditions of the EU-IMF bailout by 227 posts.
How can the reduction of the special needs assistants and other social welfare benefits comply with the aims of the National Recovery Plan and be feasible while the government continues to subsidise the greyhound racing industry?
If, as a taxpayer, you think that this is unacceptable, please register your disapproval with the Irish government and your own MP & MEP (or your parliamentary representative if you are outside of Europe) that your taxes are contributing towards funding the Irish greyhound racing industry rather than social welfare.
Contact addresses:
Enda Kenny T.D., Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Postal Address: Department of the Taoiseach, Government Buildings, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2, Ireland E-mail:webmaster@taoiseach.gov.ie
Michael Noonan T.D, Minister for Finance Postal Address: Department of Finance, Government Buildings, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2,
Ireland. E-mail: webmaster@finance.irlgov.ie
Please also consider writing to your own MP and MEP to register your disapproval. You can find your MP/MEP at http://www.writetothem.com/
Grey2kUSA http://www.grey2kusa.org/ has a petition which it will send to the Irish government to urge it to stop using public funds to support commercial greyhound racing. You can sign the petition here http://www.grey2kusa.org/
Urgent Reminder: to help the majority of greyhounds who are not lucky enough to be rescued
Are you a tax payer? If so, you are helping to subsidise the Irish greyhound racing industry via the IMF bail-out
The Irish national budget for 2012 is now under preparation for publication in December, so time is of the essence.
Ireland is in receipt of a bail-out from the IMF/EU/ECB. In December 2010, the IMF approved a 3 year extended fund facility arrangement (EFF) for Ireland amounting to €22.5 bn, which is part of an international rescue package worth €85 billion. The governments of the UK, Sweden and Denmark are contributing to the financial rescue package for Ireland in addition to their membership of the IMF. All of this is coming from tax payers around the world.
The Irish government’s National Recovery Plan is a component of the international rescue package. As part of the National Recovery Plan, universal social welfare benefits will be cut in Ireland but the bail-out should not disadvantage the most vulnerable groups in society. This remains a core policy objective for the Irish Government.
The Bord na gCon is a commercial semi-state body responsible for the control and development of the greyhound industry in Ireland. The Bord na gCon received €13.6m from the Irish government in 2009 and around €11m in 2010. Incidentally, the Bord na gCon is now in need of €15m to develop a business venture in China where it intends to build racing stadia and infrastructure.
The Irish government plans to cut 150 – 200 special needs assistants in schools in 2011 in order to comply with the terms of the bail-out. The number of special needs assistants, which stands at 10,802, exceeds a cap agreed under the conditions of the EU-IMF bailout by 227 posts.
How can the reduction of the special needs assistants and other social welfare benefits comply with the aims of the National Recovery Plan and be feasible while the government continues to subsidise the greyhound racing industry?
If, as a taxpayer, you think that this is unacceptable, please register your disapproval with the Irish government and your own MP & MEP (or your parliamentary representative if you are outside of Europe) that your taxes are contributing towards funding the Irish greyhound racing industry rather than social welfare.
Contact addresses:
Enda Kenny T.D., Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Postal Address: Department of the Taoiseach, Government Buildings, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2, Ireland E-mail:webmaster@taoiseach.gov.ie
Michael Noonan T.D, Minister for Finance Postal Address: Department of Finance, Government Buildings, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin 2,
Ireland. E-mail: webmaster@finance.irlgov.ie
Please also consider writing to your own MP and MEP to register your disapproval. You can find your MP/MEP at http://www.writetothem.com/
Grey2kUSA http://www.grey2kusa.org/ has a petition which it will send to the Irish government to urge it to stop using public funds to support commercial greyhound racing. You can sign the petition here http://www.grey2kusa.org/