it’s like every thing else with these guys over estimating some things and under scoring on bad things in order to try and sell it.2000 jobs what a laugh its bord gais the very same people who cut the contracts with local contractors and gave the Dublin area contract at least (not sure about the rest of the country),to a Northern Irish firm and the sent down workers to Dublin to carry out the work, a state company sending valuable money out of the state never to return and it will be no different with this project.Maybe a news piece of a few guys digging a hole on the side of the road telling how great it is to be working again and thats about it ,as previous commenator said give it one hand and take back with the other.

This is a load of more rubbish from Big Phil. They put in condition on tender that company must be over 100 m turnover to tender.
So all companies in running are mostly UK who will partner some Irish companies. But there will be minimum employment most workers will be from UK.
Then the poor Irish saps who are subcontractors on this will not get paid for ages as to sue a UK company who does not pay you takes years in court and the UK companies know this.
They make profit by stinging subcontractors.
There is absolutely no business logic to bigger is better. This idea of only a company doing over 100m turnover can do this job could only come from people who never worked in real world.

Do the math – 1million meters in 38 months (btw the number of months has been announced several times, each time it is different, same for the number of meters to be installed) = 26,315 meters a month. Divide that by 1600 jobs installing them = 16 a month per head!!! Wow!!

These aren’t ‘JOBS’!!!! . . . . Who will be paying these people? You will . . . The tax payer! . . . These buffoons have set up yet another quango .. all paid for once again by the tax payer! . . . What income or ‘profits’ will this quango produce? . . . Jobs are people manufacturing produce or providing service at a profit so they can afford to pay taxes to maintain STATE services! . . . and run a prosperous country. These ‘fictitious’ jobs are yet ANOTHER COST on the already penniless tax payer . . . . . To pay for the delivery of OUR OWN WATER, ALREADY PAID FOR IN TAXES ! . . . . .

1. Dig hole in footpath
2. Disconnect water pipe
3. Reconnect water pipe to Meter
4. Fill in hole in footpath

Incredibly skilled work, the experience gained on this project will be invaluable!

These jobs will be advertised as jobsbridge, €50 on top of your social. And the government guff will be all about the training and valuable experience u can gain from this internship. Feck off!

Typical eh? The installation crews will be “working on the ground”. In the UK they’ve installed the meters when dangling from a helicopter. Makes for excitement on the job

What happens to these people, when all the meters are installed?

We`ve always paid for our water through our taxation system and the water isnt pure nor clean to drink so why should we be saddled with an unfair tax when the water we drink is poisoned

Don’t pay, this is the 1st phase it turning water into a comodity nothing more. Unelected world bank introduced tax for the benefit of private multinationals, don’t pay! See what 3rd world country like Bolivia said when they tried to privatise water and water harvesting. ( yes rainwater )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIp_oeD1RuA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Hogan ya muppet trying to sweeten the inevitable pain by promising 400 jobs… These will be short term jobs that will disappear as soon as the pain of paying kicks in.
Lets face it this country is grinding to a standstill. What happened to the 100,000 jobs promised by Find Gael in the election??? More guff and hot wind from these fools. Screwing us with indirect taxes and allowing the banks to walk all over those supposedly in power while they bleed the average mortgage payer dry.
I fear for the future, as this bunch of inept twits just trundle from one disaster to another.

And then there will b a few jobs created for people to test the water to ensure its fit for human consumption as we wouldn’t b expected to pay for something not fit for purpose .

1Fine Gael has a clear credible jobs plan that will create 20000 jobs every year(oops maybe they ment 400)
2Reform the health system(more nursing homes for minister Reilly)
3Fix the budget crisis(hit hard the irish people with more cuts,they dont mind do they)
4Make government smaller(creating jobs for their friends and wiwes)
5Put the burden on politicians(sorry put the burden on irish people)

A bit like digging your own grave.

Here’s a contract for some work, we’ll pay you money; when it’s completed, pay us money.

Same old same old. What an unprintable unprintable Phil Hogan is. Tens of millions to roster or Siemens for the meters. Foreign company to ‘win’ the installation contract – and a few jobs for local lads to dig holes. Not the massive job creation scheme that lieing sack of poo spoke of last year. Doubtless a foreign company will also maintain and re-jig the meters.

Please god help our government ministers grow some balls! One thing thats keeping me going right now, is the knowledge that the ministers wages will drop 100% after the next general election. IDIOTS

What does E.coli and this Gov have in common!! …..They both make you sick!

They can all join SIPTU or IMPACT and work for nothing

We’ll be paying for the air we breathe next. Although some would say we started paying for it the minute we were born. They well and truly have us over that proverbial barrel now. We are screwed every which we turn.

These jobs aren’t Irish Jobs, most of the lads I’ve seen are coming from the UK, Dont have a problem with them but most of their earnings is probably going to be sent back home

Phil hogan burgers – contaminated with horse shite

The irony is, they’re installing water meters in a country where it rains all the time.

Jobs my arse 50 Euro on top of dole, Slave labour more like…. I already pay for my water through a group scheme and we had new meters installed last year by Northern contractors no less. Where are the new meters made?? Germany i’m guessing!!!

read slowly and repeat ..there will be no jobs for irish workers in this scam.

Any Irish person who takes one of these jobs should be ashamed of themselves.Not only that they should be shunned and ostrasied along with their fammiles by any other Irish people.The old Irish weapon of boycott needs to be brought out again,and in this day of social media of youtube and twitter and phones with camcorders,it is only all to easy to video and post the faces of any such quislings and stooges onto a world wide audience of them going about their day to day job of enslaving us.
Irish people dont like to bring attention to themselves..So use it against them that will take the 30 pieces of Hogans silver.If they have to import “mercenaries” from the UK or wherever,then that will be all the better to prove we are under financial occupation,one step down from a full military and civillian occupation,then we have a perfect excuse to be able to use force to prevent the meters from being installed.

The thing is that we will be unable to resist this thing happening. However, that does not mean that you must assist with it either. So take a photo of your garden before these people go in there. Do not offer them the traditional cup of tea for the workman. Don’t let them park in or block your driveway. Under no circumstances should they be given water to mix cement, if they need it. Don’t speak with them except to tell them that they will leave your property as they found it.

The water meters probably only cost €50 to install but I’m sure the company who owns be charging at least €250 per house would also like to know who owns the company installing the meters do they have any relations in the dail?

Wow 400 ( in a sarcastic tone)

Would not be saying what you do for a living down the pub on a Saturday night !
If you can afford a pint !!!!

That’s Nice …….

Could big Phil hire 200 to fix the leaks since that’s actually were most of the unused water goes!!

Was tempted to do a 2 day course until i found out it costs 640 euro .I am now thinking people are going to get ripped off doing this course as they will not get a job after parting with that kind of money.Why would it cost 640 ?

We’ve been paying water charges 100 times higher to Ballygowan, Tipperary and Perrier for years.

Our tap water has been proven to be as good if not better (so long as someone isn’t running their septic tank into the local water).

Happy to pay a little bit for it if we do see the water services run properly, jobs created and less that 1/3 of the water leaking back into the soil. Better than damming up the Shannon.