I’d like to see the person specification for this job. Why? Because I’d like to see a list of the experience, track record, skills, values… successful candidates will have.

Why? Because I am suspicious, not confident people of the highest standards will be appointed. I expect there won’t be a rigorous selection process. I hope I’m wrong.

The job description is interesting & easy to write – it can easily be a PR exercise.

The person specification would reveal the quality of thinking & values behind the initiative.

Things are so bad, my expectations so low, that I said to myself – “Oh, more jobs for the boys – more spin for politicians. More of the same, dressed differently.”

I hope my mistrust is misplaced.

Brilliant to see, great idea.
Little step in the right direction.
Lots more of this please.

More money down the drain. No cost benefit analysis of these schemes. If this is such a good idea why isn’t every local chamber of commerce offering to fund the salaries? Also why create new posts? Isn’t Croke Farce all about redeployment?

Stupid stupid stupid. More nonsense from the nanny state;nnFirst, these BDM’s will come from EI, FAS and existing county enterprise boards.nnIf the state wants to help businesses with mentors coaches and training, give them a tax free allowance or grant (if you must) and let them choose a mentor/trainer whom they admire, respect, can get along with and fire if necessary.nnDifference government, same mistakes, because public servants who want to control everything make the real decisions.nnStupid stupid stupid

Great idea and more should be done , but only two weeks ago I was talking to a lady who was involved in running a C E scheme in her locality , but was shut down six months ago through lack of funding ….. I believe she ran an after school child care facility for working single parents who had returned to the job market and found child care too expensive , this was proving to be very good, but was suddenly shut down.
I wish this project well. We need more community based projects.

God, I’m so hacked off with the crass stupidity of it all I have to comment twice. nnRetrograde morons

More money being poured into quango’s. Do these community enterprise centres not already have people that deal with business development ? You would think that business development would be one of their primary roles. What have they being doing up to now ?