now ireland has accepted a bail out - will they still be giving out massive benefits

The_White_Horse

or will these have to be cut???

twadge_face

Where's my f***in' bailout?

Whole countries get let off the hook for their selection of fails.

But me? Still getting letters from the CSA for the Chimera I offered DNA for.

When will the CSA accept, a half-ape child is not the same as a human child; it is a bioengineered mutant pet experiment? :mad:

LilacPixie

Are they giving out massive benefits? I was under the impression that they did not have a generous welfare system and certainly not in comparison with the UK.

RJP33

Their welfare system is significantly more generous than ours, as are pensions. To the point of being completely unsustainable really

Loughton_Monkey

RJP33 wrote: »

Their welfare system is significantly more generous than ours, as are pensions. To the point of being completely unsustainable really

Find that hard to believe. Ours is pure madness, but I thought even the Irish had better intelligence than Brother Brown.

Llubrevlis

So what is unemployment ben in Ireland? Here it is about 60wk for single or 100 for couple, how does that compare to Ire?

Generali

Torchboy wrote: »

It's up to Ireland surely? They will be not receiving a hand-out but rather a loan which they'll pay back + 5% interest. As long they keep to the repayments on the loan then surely they can do as they wish?

There are usually pretty tough conditions attached to a bailout.

ash28

Llubrevlis wrote: »

So what is unemployment ben in Ireland? Here it is about 60wk for single or 100 for couple, how does that compare to Ire?

Unemployment benefit in the Irish Republic for contributions based benefit is €88.10 for a single person and add on €84.30 for dependant adult and that's the lowest rate - the benefit in based on your past income. The highest rate is €196 plus €130.10 for a dependant adult - there are 4 or 5 different levels.

State pension at the highest level is €230.30 plus €153.50 for a dependant adult - the amount varies based on the number of years contributions.

Child benefit is €150 for 1 child, €300 for 2, €487 for 3 and goes up to €1,422 if you have 8 kids. That's monthly not weekly.

Their benefits in general seem more generous than the UK.

http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Pages/default.aspx

tiff

I think unemployment benefit was even higher than that before the last round of cuts? They pay out high amounts of benefits and dont have a council tax or water rates but all of that will probably change in the budget on 7th Dec.

Silverbull

ash28 wrote: »

Unemployment benefit in the Irish Republic for contributions based benefit is €88.10 for a single person and add on €84.30 for dependant adult and that's the lowest rate - the benefit in based on your past income. The highest rate is €196 plus €130.10 for a dependant adult - there are 4 or 5 different levels.

State pension at the highest level is €230.30 plus €153.50 for a dependant adult - the amount varies based on the number of years contributions.

Child benefit is €150 for 1 child, €300 for 2, €487 for 3 and goes up to €1,422 if you have 8 kids. That's monthly not weekly.

Their benefits in general seem more generous than the UK.

http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Pages/default.aspx

When you say child benefit you have to compare it to our child benefit and child tax credit.

Its about the same.

The_White_Horse

i was there the other week. expensive, massively high benefits, every other car is a 4X4. shopping centres - that are busy - with Harvey Nicks etc. It is pure insanity there. They need to come down a peg or three.