Ukrainian refugees in Ireland - Megathread

Wouldn't send them too soon, he just after picking up covid again, he could be asleep for some time 🤣

I believe they are receiving SWA, not a jobseekers payment based on reports and no, they would not be eligible for FA but of course that means nothing in terms of what's going on.

It's likely your friend will get the government payment of €400 pm month being legislated for at the moment its also being backed dated to date people took refugees in 🤔

Wait hang on. You dont know the truth. You're making assumptions and presumptions and presenting this as the truth even though you haven't a clue whats true. 🙄

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I went back and looked at your figures @[Deleted User] - As @[Deleted User] said your figures are completely wrong. Almost all of what you are saying about this family is false; the figures you claim they are claiming, the benefits you claim they are claiming.

Just talking to the neighbour out the back there having a smoke.

He has two women in from the red cross. Never even knew myself. Haven't seen anyone in or out. Telling me all was well.

He's an oul lad, wife died a few years back so has a plenty of room.

But this morning he said they went to him saying they aren't comfortable sharing the bathroom with a man. He said he just looked at them and there was dead silence and he said ok. That was it.

There's only one jacks in the gaff so don't know where he's supposed to go. He said all day he feels a bit weird. I reckon he's walking around the house now feeling like a predator or something the poor chap

I didn't know what to say to him, Anyone any advice for the man? What does he say here? 🤷

Are you being serious, that's utter claptrap.

The payment as its described is an exceptional needs payment and certainly does not pay towards car repairs. They May be support given towards Items such as prams, household appliances, Funeral expenses and other things but not towards Rent or mortgage, Utility bills to an extent but Mabs deal with utility companies directly and manage a scheme to help pay towards utility bills.

It is heavily means tested, documentation required and an appointment required with what used to be called CWO.

To suggest it happens all the time and a simple matter of poping down to your local SW office (Eamonn Ryan) is simply preposterous.

If this exceptional needs payment was so easy why are food banks reporting an enormous increase in people (including, fully employed) using their services.

This government will tell us one day there's no magic money tree and the next day tell us, pop down if you need a few bob to the SW office, they are simply talking through their back sides and couldn't give a toss.

All spin, no substance.

"well go find another place that makes ye more comfortable if its not up to ye're standard"

Helen McEntee probably has a private bathroom or two in her gaff, go move in with her.

Turf them out on their ungrateful arses ASAP. And if he feels intimidated tell him you’ll stand along side him for moral support. Multiple flights back to Poland and back into Ukraine- off they go.

I'm on the Nightshift tonight, I told him to drop into me tomorrow morning and we'll have a chat. I'll see the son during the week and get him to have a chat and see what he thinks.

It took them long enough. These things were pointed out in the first few pages of this thread as far as I can remember! The penny is dropping with the broader public now though. If only those people that were speaking sense all along weren't such cold hearted beings that would question our capacity to facilite these people I sted of just letting them in and dealing with the problems later, I mean what's wrong with these people 😂. Some people just have no foresight, or their own nests are feathered and would prefer to house ukrainians ahead of their own. As the numbers increase.... Tolerance will decrease, it will be a proportionate graph I'd say!

he needs to tell them to **** off.