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Eastern europe, give us your poor.

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  • #32
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,786 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    Not to worry, the Public Sector workers won't get off their behinds to process their claims so it won't cost a cent.

    The Lord move in mysterious ways.


  • #33
    MaybeLogic
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    The amounts of welfare received are relative to the standard of living in each country, no? Ireland´s still a very expensive place to live even if we have very large dole queues.
    And according to the premise of this thread, the ´welfare tourists´would have to come here and live here for 3 months without work or any social welfare before they could start claiming money off the state. I can´t see many doing that, tbh.


  • #34
    greendom
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    Who is going to want to come here with the mess the economy is in currently.

    People from the likes of Poland, Lithuania came because of the booming economy and the opportunity to work. How many people are coming from those countries today ? I don't have the stats but I can't imagine there will be many. The same will be true for the other countries who will soon have the same opportunity. They'll only come if there are opportunities here. And sitting and living off the dole isn't an opportunity, however generous some people seem to think our system is.


  • #35
    dave 27
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    i dont think anyone realises, but being in europe opens our doors to about half a billion people to freely live here


  • #36
    IrishManSaipan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 909 ✭✭✭IrishManSaipan


    I will be in contact with my local TDs to ensure they have all the relevant social welfare documents in each and every language for our new welfare tourists. Maybe the aircoach can stop off at the social welfare offices on route.

    Cead mile failte and all that.


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  • #37
    fontanalis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭fontanalis


    dave 27 wrote: »
    i dont think anyone realises, but being in europe opens our doors to about half a billion people to freely live here

    Have you heard of the new motorways built with EU money or farming subsidies. It also allows Irish people to live in the EU.


  • #38
    IrishManSaipan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 909 ✭✭✭IrishManSaipan


    1st wrote: »
    Not to worry, the Public Sector workers won't get off their behinds to process their claims so it won't cost a cent.

    The Lord move in mysterious ways.

    They can sign on with the health board whilst their claim is being processed. The fundamentals to this proposal are sound. There is a Plan B in place.

    :)


  • #39
    Mike 1972
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,018 ✭✭✭Mike 1972


    dave 27 wrote: »
    i dont think anyone realises, but being in europe opens our doors to about half a billion people to freely live here

    And every single one of them are just sitting there waiting to right ?


  • #40
    MaybeLogic
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    fontanalis wrote: »
    It also allows Irish people to live in the EU.

    Why would you want to live in them places?
    All the people there are foreign.


  • #41
    IrishManSaipan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 909 ✭✭✭IrishManSaipan


    Iolar wrote: »
    Um shouldnt you include Central Europe,as Hungary isnt East European:rolleyes:

    It is a geo-politcal term. I am well aware that it is geographically incorrect.


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  • #42
    IrishManSaipan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 909 ✭✭✭IrishManSaipan


    Mike 1972 wrote: »
    And every single one of them are just sitting there waiting to right ?

    Unemployed in eastern europe were you get feck all or unemployed in Treasure Ireland.

    Thats a tough choice. Can I call a friend?


  • #43
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58,457 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Eastern Europeans here for benefits? Wow.....I always thought they were all flocking here to work....Not!


  • #44
    Crann na Beatha
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  • #45
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,231 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Dudess wrote: »
    Meh, you can't blame those who take advantage of it... They're not the ones who created it.

    Can that be applied to everyone that sets out to rob things not created by them?

    It's more damaging to the good-willed immigrants who are here to work and lend something to society more than anything


  • #46
    fontanalis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭fontanalis


    MQUOTE=IrishManSaipan;64815117]I will be in contact with my local TDs to ensure they have all the relevant social welfare documents in each and every language for our new welfare tourists. Maybe the aircoach can stop off at the social welfare offices on route.

    Cead mile failte and all that.[/QUOTE]

    Maybe the property market will improve, I'd say there'll be a rush to buy shoeboxes.


  • #47
    Red Hand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,983 ✭✭✭Red Hand


    walshb wrote: »
    Eastern Europeans here for benefits? Wow.....I always thought they were all flocking here to work....Not!

    I had 2 sausages, a hash brown and a rasher this morning.

    I will have some chocolate chip cookies soon.


  • #48
    IrishManSaipan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 909 ✭✭✭IrishManSaipan


    greendom wrote: »
    Who is going to want to come here with the mess the economy is in currently.

    People from the likes of Poland, Lithuania came because of the booming economy and the opportunity to work. How many people are coming from those countries today ? I don't have the stats but I can't imagine there will be many. The same will be true for the other countries who will soon have the same opportunity. They'll only come if there are opportunities here. And sitting and living off the dole isn't an opportunity, however generous some people seem to think our system is.

    There is no real social welfare system in place in these countries. Unemployed in Treasure Ireland or eastern europe. What would you choose?


    Heres the number of new arrivals from last year; http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Topics/PPSN/Pages/ppsn_all_years.aspx


  • #49
    fontanalis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭fontanalis


    Just to be clear; Eastern Europe is everything East of Lambay Island? We have to differentiate between Ireland* and the restofem.

    *Formerly richest country in the world


  • #50
    IrishManSaipan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 909 ✭✭✭IrishManSaipan


    fontanalis wrote: »
    Maybe the property market will improve, I'd say there'll be a rush to buy shoeboxes.

    Maybe the two twins from Skins will call around to my house tonight. Nothing like blind optimism, eh?


  • #51
    IrishManSaipan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 909 ✭✭✭IrishManSaipan


    fontanalis wrote: »
    Just to be clear; Eastern Europe is everything East of Lambay Island? We have to differentiate between Ireland* and the restofem.

    *Formerly richest country in the world

    Its is a geo-political term mainly used to describe citizens from the new accession states. As readers take offense, from now on I will refer to them as accession state nationals. I hope that is politically correct.

    I repent for using a non PC term.


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  • #52
    K-9
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    triple-M wrote: »
    yous can all thank the lisbon treaty for that

    Seeing as they knew this was going to happen 7 years ago, eh, Nope.

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



  • #53
    me-skywalker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,339 ✭✭✭me-skywalker


    Great plenty of hot eastern european chicks to get stuck into ;-)


  • #54
    fontanalis
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    IrishManSaipan wrote: »
    Its is a geo-political term mainly used to describe citizens from the new accession states. As readers take offense, from now on I will refer to them as accession state nationals. I hope that is politically correct.

    I repent for using a non PC term.

    It's eff all to do with PC, it's the stuck up attitude alot of Irish people still have of ireland.


  • #55
    Mike 1972
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,018 ✭✭✭Mike 1972


    IrishManSaipan wrote: »
    Unemployed in Treasure Ireland or eastern europe. What would you choose?

    Niether.

    Ireland is not the only non-Eastern (or Central) European counry in the EU


  • #56
    IrishManSaipan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 909 ✭✭✭IrishManSaipan


    Mike 1972 wrote: »
    Niether.

    Ireland is not the only non-Eastern (or Central) European counry in the EU

    Thats great, Mike. Maybe you should start a random facts thread.


  • #57
    Crann na Beatha
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  • #58
    walshb
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    Mike 1972 wrote: »
    Niether.

    Ireland is not the only non-Eastern (or Central) European counry in the EU

    Hey, being unemployed and on benefits here in Ireland is better to these people than even working and earning in their own country. Being Irish and on benefits it may not be all that nice, but remember, these people are coming from countries that are not at all close to being as generous with their hand outs. You cannot blame them flocking here.


  • #59
    IrishManSaipan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 909 ✭✭✭IrishManSaipan


    Iolar wrote: »
    Um nothing to do with being PC,I'm sure if someone repeatedly called you British as the Island of Ireland is included in the British Isles you wouldn't take offense?

    I would politely point out that I am a european from the heart of europe. Once we put that little issue to bed we could bellow out the Ode to Joy over a 568ml glass of beer.


  • #60
    K-9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,313 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    IrishManSaipan wrote: »
    They can sign on with the health board whilst their claim is being processed. The fundamentals to this proposal are sound. There is a Plan B in place.

    :)

    Can't they already do this here?

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



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  • #61
    Dudess
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    Yay, more retarded definitions of PC...


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