Sir, – I must concur with Dave Thomas (Opinion, May 10th). Croke Park II is indeed unjust. It offers taxpayers nowhere near as much bang for their buck as they deserve.
No private or indeed social enterprise would ever be allowed to be run so inefficiently.
Why shouldn’t the State apparatus have to live by the same rules as the rest of us?
Of course Mr Thomas would be in favour of increasing taxes over streamlining since it is the taxes of ordinary workers and entrepreneurs that keep the State’s unwieldy and uncompetitive civil service on life support. SMEs (from which the lion’s share of this State’s revenue comes) and the trade level of the private sector have paid a disproportionate price. No more. – Yours, etc,
CIAN WALKER,
Shetland Road,
Termonfeckin,
Co Louth.