Liveline Thread (02/05/2012 to 25/07/2012)

surferdudz · 13-06-2012 1:50pm

you're wrong Gerry,......ultimitley you punish people who ARE working....its called jobseekers benefit...you are supposed to be available and looking for work...

surferdudz · 13-06-2012 1:51pm

€10.00 into HIS HAND!!! neatly by - passing the revenue commissioners,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

surferdudz · 13-06-2012 1:52pm

it should not take 6 - 8 weeks to re- register ....this is part of the problem

my friend · 13-06-2012 1:52pm

Darth Vader on hold

surferdudz · 13-06-2012 1:53pm

" i've no gripe against working people...." how gracious........

baldbear · 13-06-2012 1:53pm

And what about a person on25k who gets none of these allowances!

my friend · 13-06-2012 1:53pm

Mattie McGrath?

neris · 13-06-2012 1:54pm

Disability benefits must be the biggest scam in the welfare system

surferdudz · 13-06-2012 1:54pm

the poor unemployed have to smoke out of boredom...............WTF!! ciggies on the medical card please...........

Yakuza · 13-06-2012 1:55pm

The EntitlementLine is now open - 1850 WAAWAAH

mayfire · 13-06-2012 1:55pm

surferdudz wrote: »

€10.00 into HIS HAND!!! neatly by - passing the revenue commissioners,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I work in catering and when they say that it means that they get the €10 into his hand but employer pays the taxes/USC etc so that he nets the €10.

c_man · 13-06-2012 1:55pm

neris wrote: »

Disability benefits must be the biggest scam in the welfare system

Worked in a pub a few years ago which we called 'Little Loudres' owing to the huge number of crutches etc left behind by patrons.

Paparazzo · 13-06-2012 1:56pm

neris wrote: »

Disability benefits must be the biggest scam in the welfare system

Big time. I know a couple, both living together on disability and both work. She's claming single mothers too.

my friend · 13-06-2012 1:56pm

neris wrote: »

Disability benefits must be the biggest scam in the welfare system

A fondness for the bottle can qualify you.

neris · 13-06-2012 1:57pm

my friend wrote: »

A fondness for the bottle can qualify you.

Or being a fattie

Stripey Cat · 13-06-2012 1:57pm

Maybe if your one was willing to pay a bit more...

my friend · 13-06-2012 1:57pm

c_man wrote: »

neris wrote: »

Disability benefits must be the biggest scam in the welfare system

Worked in a pub a few years ago which we called 'Little Lourdes' owing to the huge number of crutches etc left behind by patrons.

Lmao! Brilliant

Stripey Cat · 13-06-2012 1:58pm

Paparazzo wrote: »

Big time. I know a couple, both living together on disability and both work. She's claming single mothers too.

I know a man who...

my friend · 13-06-2012 1:58pm

Methadone is free

What gives?

surferdudz · 13-06-2012 1:59pm

what must the IMF think of us ...we live in a benefits paradise it seems..........

JonathanAnon · 13-06-2012 2:00pm

Hi lads, was away the last few days working.. but I read the ESRI report yesterday and packed in the job, so I'll be here every day from now on... (bar one Tuesday every month)

neris · 13-06-2012 2:00pm

We had a part time staff a few years ago who was and still is on social. Can only work 20 hours a week. We offered them a full time job. Flatly refused coz theyd loose their rent allowance, medical card and the other handouts.

Stripey Cat · 13-06-2012 2:00pm

Is there really a lot of job vacancies going unfilled? I thought there was hundreds of applications for every job.

When the Defence Forces advertised some vacancies recently there were thousands and thousands of applicants weren't there?

surferdudz · 13-06-2012 2:00pm

i know Joe, ..............lets reduce taxes , and increase benefits , winning formula! why didnt we think of it before..............

neris · 13-06-2012 2:01pm

That tv show shameless was very close to the bones of. The social welfare scamming that goes on

Yakuza · 13-06-2012 2:01pm

c_man wrote: »

Worked in a pub a few years ago which we called 'Little Loudres' owing to the huge number of crutches etc left behind by patrons.

syklops · 13-06-2012 2:02pm

my friend wrote: »

Methadone is free

What gives?

Hi Kids, Dont buy drugs! Become a welfare recipient and they will give them to you for free!

my friend · 13-06-2012 2:02pm

The asst manager of a large hotel tells me that the chambermaids will only work 19 hours a week as to do more would hit their FIS and social housing...

pc7 · 13-06-2012 2:03pm

Does the back to work allowance not cover going back to work and the drop in benefits or am I missing something?

padd b1975 · 13-06-2012 2:03pm

Paparazzo wrote: »

Big time. I know a couple, both living together on disability and both work. She's claming single mothers too.

Report them!!

neris · 13-06-2012 2:03pm

Stripey Cat wrote: »

Is there really a lot of job vacancies going unfilled? I thought there was hundreds of applications for every job.

When the Defence Forces advertised some vacancies recently there were thousands and thousands of applicants weren't there?

I know two lithuanians one works in a warehouse other in a fish factory. Both their employers are looking for staff and their telling their friends back in lithuania who are coming over coz the irish wont do the work or apply for the jobs

neris · 13-06-2012 2:05pm

Can people stop saying pounds when talking bout money. Weve been in the euro ten years now

pc7 · 13-06-2012 2:06pm

neris wrote: »

Weve been in the euro ten years now

We might not make the next ten!

JonathanAnon · 13-06-2012 2:06pm

The Government has driven out all of the people with enterprise, and all of the brightest of our graduates... And they've done everything to make sure that public servants and people on benefits stay in the country.. Well done well done.

Stripey Cat · 13-06-2012 2:07pm

neris wrote: »

I know two lithuanians one works in a warehouse other in a fish factory. Both their employers are looking for staff and their telling their friends back in lithuania who are coming over coz the irish wont do the work or apply for the jobs

You'd have to ask yourself how bad the wages and conditions are that people aren't willing to apply for the jobs unless they come from a dirt poor former eastern bloc country.

neris · 13-06-2012 2:07pm

Of course hes getting bored in stuck in all day joe. He probably doesnt have the lovely sea views that you have over dolly mount and bull island from your front room

Big Daddy Cool · 13-06-2012 2:07pm

who is this guy. plant trees, the answer to all our problems

scargill · 13-06-2012 2:08pm

neris wrote: »

Can people stop saying pounds when talking bout money. Weve been in the euro ten years now

when we switch back to the pound they will say euro - just to annoy you.

Stripey Cat · 13-06-2012 2:08pm

Is Joe just ignoring the fact that the ESRI have disowned the "findings" of this "report"?

He's ploughing ahead as if the whole thing is gospel.

Yakuza · 13-06-2012 2:08pm

neris wrote: »

Can people stop saying 'powend' when talking bout money. Weve been in the euro ten years now

FYP

neris · 13-06-2012 2:09pm

Stripey Cat wrote: »

You'd have to ask yourself how bad the wages and conditions are that people aren't willing to apply for the jobs unless they come from a dirt poor former eastern bloc country.

Both get over €9 an hour. Hours arent the best sometimes but they do a 40 hour week and overtimes paid if they do more. The lad in the fish factory gets a load of free fish aswell

Yakuza · 13-06-2012 2:10pm

Stripey Cat wrote: »

He's ploughing ahead as if the whole thing is gospel.

Empirical evidence would suggest it's not too far off the truth.

13-06-2012 2:10pm

work the course of the drinkin' classes huh?

Zulu · 13-06-2012 2:11pm

picking weeds!?!

PauloMN · 13-06-2012 2:11pm

Anyone remember Frank Rizzo?

padd b1975 · 13-06-2012 2:13pm

De Nero speaks the truth.

Big Daddy Cool · 13-06-2012 2:13pm

im sure the guy from new york done a pizza ad at some stage, that voice is familiar

vicwatson · 13-06-2012 2:14pm

Is that Des Bishop ?

Someone asks your man, what do you do? "I'm a Janitor".....SILENCE...:p

pc7 · 13-06-2012 2:14pm

Was the american dude one of you lot messing?

my friend · 13-06-2012 2:15pm

Stripey Cat wrote: »

Is Joe just ignoring the fact that the ESRI have disowned the "findings" of this "report"?

He's ploughing ahead as if the whole thing is gospel.

The fact is that it's findings would be worse if analysed using 2012 figures, much of the data used is from 2005

Things are actually much worse for low paid workers now versus those that refuse to take such work

So, the findings if based on today's figures would actually cause a riot.

Liveline Thread (02/05/2012 to 25/07/2012)

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