I was questioned by a friend when i said Ireland has a generous welfare system , As a dole head ,he though it was scabby and rather than go there , I checked out social welfare payments in other countries. Estonia 4.01 per day ..others with €300 per month .Most were conditional on your stamps but good ol Ireland is really like manna from the bank . If you want to curtail Immigration perhaps bring in welfare reforms
It is pretty grim .Manna for everyone.. apart from those paying for it
I've been working and paying tax since I was 16.. For a period after the recent bank crash I was in and out of work and had young children, a mortgage and bills a go go..
I got a swift lesson in the alleged generosity of our 'welfare' system..
There is nothing, I mean nothing.. for taxpayers no help with a mortgage, no medical card until 12 months and a means test had passed, a tiny and rapidly diminishing allowance as they term it.. Endless Kafka era forms and interviews.. No practical help... Just leaflets and platitudes..
If we hadn't a mortgage protection policy, which slowly and reluctantly paid out, some savings and help from extended family there's a good chance we'd be homeless.
It changed my view of Ireland.
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The lad saying positively that housing is cheap there compared to Skerries does not seem to have joined the dots that housing is cheap for a reason!!
You are absoloutley right when i was in the same boat after husband lost his job i went to local social welfare i was asked what did i need i said money for kids starting school for books etc she said if i want money to sell my house. So basically become homeless. I left with nothing while ones smelling of drink were coming out with cheques in hand. This country wants middle class workers to pay for everything and get nothing back,Manna for everyone.. apart from those paying for it
I've been working and paying tax since I was 16.. For a period after the recent bank crash I was in and out of work and had young children, a mortgage and bills a go go..
I got a swift lesson in the alleged generosity of our 'welfare' system..
There is nothing, I mean nothing.. for taxpayers no help with a mortgage, no medical card until 12 months and a means test had passed, a tiny and rapidly diminishing allowance as they term it.. Endless Kafka era forms and interviews.. No practical help... Just leaflets and platitudes..
If we hadn't a mortgage protection policy, which slowly and reluctantly paid out, some savings and help from extended family there's a good chance we'd be homeless.
It changed my view of Ireland.
.
.