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Solution to non-nationals getting child benefit: No day off for easter.

  • 14-04-2009 02:03PM
    #1
    ceret
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 189 ✭✭


    There's a thread on here about Non-nationals getting benefits, one that comes up is non-nationals claiming child benefit for children that don't live here. There's another thread about Public sector employees getting an extra day off for easter

    According to the Hearld, the state paid €4.77million in child benefit for children not living in the state.

    Assume there are 300,000 people employed fulltime in the public sector. Assume also that the each only get only the legal minimum of 4 weeks holidays (this is an underestimate), then that should leave 240 days paid employment. One of which they get off as a privilidge day for easter. How much does that cost us?

    Assuming also, that everyone only gets a salary of €25,000 per year (this is a massive underestimate), then the public sector pay bill is €7,500,000,000 (or €7.5billion) per year. With 240 working days, that means each day costs €31,250,000.

    So to recap, the privildge day that public sector employees get costs the state at least 6 times as much as paying child benefit to non-resident children.

    (thought I posted this before...)


Comments

  • #2
    Hungrycol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭Hungrycol


    I think you mean Non Irish Nationals? "Non-Nationals" is a derogatory term.

    Problem with your logic is that they get paid for the day if they're off or in work so there's no savings to be had by getting rid of it.


  • #3
    ceret
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 189 ✭✭ceret


    Hungrycol wrote: »
    Problem with your logic is that they get paid for the day if they're off or in work so there's no savings to be had by getting rid of it.

    The state gains an extra day of work?


  • #4
    Hungrycol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭Hungrycol


    ceret wrote: »
    The state gains an extra day of work?

    True.


  • #5
    sceptre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,607 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    Hungrycol wrote: »
    I think you mean Non Irish Nationals? "Non-Nationals" is a derogatory term.
    It's certainly a rather inaccurate term. Most people are nationals of somewhere.


  • #6
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,292 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    If they had to work that extra day, they would be so annoyed that they would probably break things, throw stuff at the walls, slash seats or whatever, and it would cost more in the end.


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  • #7
    ceret
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 189 ✭✭ceret


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    If they had to work that extra day, they would be so annoyed that they would probably break things, throw stuff at the walls, slash seats or whatever, and it would cost more in the end.
    If someone behaves in such an unprofessional and childish manner they should be sacked. Of course this is the civil service. :P


  • #8
    ionix5891
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,033 ✭✭✭ionix5891


    ceret wrote: »
    If someone behaves in such an unprofessional and childish manner they should be sacked. Of course this is the civil service. :P

    only if it was that easy to get rid of some of them


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