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Jim McDaids money for old rope

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    #32
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 38,855 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    danman wrote: »
    Did I just hear on the 9 o'clock news on newstalk that McDaid said he has been giving his pension to charity for the past few years?

    I might have picked it up wrong, I wasn't paying much attention at the time.

    Of so, fair play to him. It explains why he has been playing the media for the past week.
    Indeed he did say that he has been giving the pension to charity for the last 4 or 5 years. However, he didn't mention which charity! (see here)
    I would also like to know if he claimed tax back on these gifts.

    As for his compadre, noel Treacy who "selflessly" is now going to give his pension to charity, apparently he cannot afford to do without his extra €167 per week. And those out of work think they have it bad!
    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0506/breaking38.html


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    #33
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 54,589 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    How about these ****ers just give the money back to us, the taxpayer. Charity my arse.
    There are plenty of people in the tax net that could do with some bloody charity.


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    #34
    maynooth_rules
    Registered Users Posts: 1,502 ✭✭✭maynooth_rules


    A story appeared on todays Sunday Mail in which a reporter was given a sick note by McDaid in order to miss work to spend time with friends. McDaid, knowing there was nothing wrong with him, still gave him a sick cert. No doubt he will do his usual trick and say that this was just a media witch hunt too.


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    #35
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 38,855 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    In fairness to him (and I'm not condoning this), many doctors apparently do this for people.


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    #36
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    kbannon wrote: »
    In fairness to him (and I'm not condoning this), many doctors apparently do this for people.

    Yes, but it's like speeding; if you're caught, you don't start bleating about witch-hunts.....you take the "fair cop" and take your punishment like a man.


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    #37
    maynooth_rules
    Registered Users Posts: 1,502 ✭✭✭maynooth_rules


    kbannon wrote: »
    In fairness to him (and I'm not condoning this), many doctors apparently do this for people.

    Agreed, but it is a personal gripe of mine. These Doctors are in essence taking part in a form of fraud


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    #38
    thebman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,012 ✭✭✭✭thebman


    maynooth_rules wrote: »
    Agreed, but it is a personal gripe of mine. These Doctors are in essence taking part in a form of fraud

    Many times Doctors do this, they say it is because of patient stress.


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    #39
    BlackEdelweiss
    Registered Users Posts: 1,529 ✭✭✭BlackEdelweiss


    maynooth_rules wrote: »
    It is money that he legally should not be allowed to be claim, whether or not he gives it to charity. Why the government can't bring in legislation that a person can only get a pension when they have finished working completly I will never know. Even in my profession of teaching,

    Perhaps our tax is being wasted on your teaching salary aswell, is your statement not a direct contradiction of itself? Is this the level of education our kids are getting!!!
    If there is no legislation against it then it is legally his.
    McDaid has stated that he does not believe he is entitled to the pension, he wants a rational debate in the dail to amend the situation and not for the country to be ran by the press who basically want to sell more papers.


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    FlutterinBantam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,576 ✭✭✭✭FlutterinBantam


    maynooth_rules wrote: »
    A story appeared on todays Sunday Mail in which a reporter was given a sick note by McDaid in order to miss work to spend time with friends. McDaid, knowing there was nothing wrong with him, still gave him a sick cert. No doubt he will do his usual trick and say that this was just a media witch hunt too.


    How did McDaid know there was nothing wrong with him?

    This is a load of bullsheet, these guys should have better things to do than arseboxing with doctors.

    Could jeopardise a genuinely ill person.

    I have no time for Mcdaid, but this kind of stuff is stupid.


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    #41
    expectationlost
    Registered Users Posts: 11,753 ✭✭✭✭expectationlost


    BlackEdelweiss wrote: »
    Perhaps our tax is being wasted on your teaching salary aswell, is your statement not a direct contradiction of itself? Is this the level of education our kids are getting!!!
    If there is no legislation against it then it is legally his.
    McDaid has stated that he does not believe he is entitled to the pension, he wants a rational debate in the dail to amend the situation and not for the country to be ran by the press who basically want to sell more papers.
    and now he wants rational debate on fake sicknotes, will his selfishness never end


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    #42
    Raiser
    Registered Users Posts: 4,929 ✭✭✭Raiser


    maynooth_rules wrote: »
    A story appeared on todays Sunday Mail in which a reporter was given a sick note by McDaid in order to miss work to spend time with friends. McDaid, knowing there was nothing wrong with him, still gave him a sick cert. No doubt he will do his usual trick and say that this was just a media witch hunt too.

    Well said actually you're quite the Psychic :D

    From the Independent Link
    The Donegal North-East TD said he was glad he had been the victim of a sting operation by a newspaper as it had shown the extent to which "some elements" of the media would go for a story about him.

    That bad, bad, mean unfair, Media going out of their way to make him look bad......


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