Let the HSE run hospitals only and leave everything else to the locals

BANKS tend to be big employers. For instance, most of the largest private sector employers in Europe are banks — HSBC Holdings, BNP Paribas, Royal Bank of Scotland, Credit Suisse.

There are big manufacturers, too — the petrol refiners ENI in Italy, electronics manufacturers Siemens, the enormous French retailer Carrefour.

You could go on with lists like this for hours. All these companies, and many more, are household names, and all count their annual revenue in tens of billions. Not one of them employs more people than the HSE does.