Quango CEO Quits!

According to The Examiner - 12/12/08 - "THE chief executive of the Equality Authority has resigned in protest at recent cuts in its budget."

Niall Crowley wrote to both the Chairwoman of the EA and to the Justice Minister to inform them of this decision.

In a letter tendering his resignation, Mr Crowley said: "I have been forced into this action by the manner in which I believe the Equality Authority has been rendered unviable by the decision of the Minister to cut its funding by 43 per cent and to continue decentralisation of its staff.

"The work of the Equality Authority has been fatally compromised by the strategy of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in the Government's budget."

It sounds as if somebody has upset someone else, not been playing ball between the Department and the EA OR vica versa. One could be conspiratorial and say with such big cuts and fragmentation of staff that someone somewhere was trying to slowly close down the EA.

In relation to last paragraph - See this:

Mr Crowley said the "only credible explanation" for such treatment of the Agency was that some of its case load, "particularly in relation to allegations of discrimination in the public sector, has been experienced as a threat by senior civil servants".

Heres the link to the news article in the Examiner:

Irish Examiner | Irish News | News from Ireland

AND The more comprehensive Irish Times article:

Irish Times