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WestOzpara · 14-09-2015 05:23PM #1

Hi all, Im an aussie whos married to an irish lass and we have a 15 month old...

Long story short, wifey wants to move home. im a paramedic in australia and have been offered a hob in ireland that pays 12 euro an hr and approx 30-40hrs a week...

Question i have is this... Is 12 euro an hour enough to live on comfortably? I earn a decent wage here and we are quite comfortable but have no family hence the idea to move....

Thanks for your input

Alkers · 14-09-2015 05:27PM

What's required to become a paramedic? Where is the job? If it is in Dublin, you could earn that working retail after a few years, not a very good income at all.

Dial Hard · 14-09-2015 05:27PM

WestOzpara wrote:

Question i have is this... Is 12 euro an hour enough to live on comfortably?

It's just under 25k gross, which is on the low side but doable ("comfortably" might be stretching it) depending on your circumstances. Will you be living in Dublin? Paying for childcare? Will she be working too? All those things are going to be huge factors.

WestOzpara · 14-09-2015 05:40PM

Dial Hard wrote: »

It's just under 25k gross, which is on the low side but doable ("comfortably" might be stretching it) depending on your circumstances. Will you be living in Dublin? Paying for childcare? Will she be working too? All those things are going to be huge factors.

At this point in time my wife is studying to be an aged care worker. Here in austrlaia she can basically walk into a job... In ireland not so sure.. If she does childcare will have to be paid for
Looking at west of ireland mostly mayo and galway.
Have to be registered as a paramedic in irelnad. I have rego as an advanced paramedic which is the highest band. Degree qualified and 10 yrs experience. Thanks

tayto lover · 14-09-2015 05:47PM

12 euro an hour is chicken feed.
You would struggle to survive on that with a wife and child.

Elessar · 14-09-2015 10:08PM

WestOzpara wrote: »

Hi all, Im an aussie whos married to an irish lass and we have a 15 month old...

Long story short, wifey wants to move home. im a paramedic in australia and have been offered a hob in ireland that pays 12 euro an hr and approx 30-40hrs a week...

Question i have is this... Is 12 euro an hour enough to live on comfortably? I earn a decent wage here and we are quite comfortable but have no family hence the idea to move....

Thanks for your input

You're an AP?! 12/hr is scandalous. I presume this is a private company? You'll have to get into the HSE or Dublin Fire Bridage to really use your skills and earn a decent income. They are state owned and run the ambulance services. They only recruit through national campaigns every so often. Keep an eye out on publicjobs.ie Only through them will you actually respond to emergency calls, the private companies are just patient transfers and event medics.

EDIT: Pre-hospital care is a race to the bottom here except if you're in the national ambulance service (HSE) - even then it's not terrific. I would take serious reconsideration of your move just on the career front. Care work is also low paid.

WestOzpara · 14-09-2015 10:23PM

Elessar wrote: »

You're an AP?! 12/hr is scandalous. I presume this is a private company? You'll have to get into the HSE or Dublin Fire Bridage to really use your skills and earn a decent income. They are state owned and run the ambulance services. They only recruit through national campaigns every so often. Keep an eye out on publicjobs.ie Only through them will you actually respond to emergency calls, the private companies are just patient transfers and event medics.

EDIT: Pre-hospital care is a race to the bottom here except if you're in the national ambulance service (HSE) - even then it's not terrific. I would take serious reconsideration of your move just on the career front. Care work is also low paid.

Thanks all for the advice!!
I put an application in for NAS and they require i fly over for a prqctical exam, an interview and an exam... These are all done about 2 months apart and apparently cannot be changed despite the fact id have to fly over 3 times and thats not financially viable. I was then told that until i physically live in the country i cannot be offered a position if they are indeed avaliable. Seems stupid to leave my cushy well paid job and risk moving and not getting into NAS. And privates (it is a private comapny) dont pay much as stated here...

dissed doc · 14-09-2015 10:33PM

That level of salary will lead to a very tight living in Ireland, around €1700 nets per month. The west is cheaper than Dublin for sure, but that is not a lot for a family of 3.

PolaroidPizza · 14-09-2015 10:38PM

Ireland is not immigrant-friendly...especially when it comes to recognising foreign qualifications. Be prepared to wait about 12 months for the Dept of Health to recognise your qualifications if you want to stay in in a similar profession....and then you have the fun part of competing with Irish for the scarce healthcare jobs. it isn't widely admitted, but irish employers will nearly always prefer to hire one of their own.

stargazer 68 · 15-09-2015 09:52AM

12 euro an hour!!! OP Im a secretary and Im on 15 an hour!

PolaroidPizza · 15-09-2015 01:39PM

also, keep in mind that you cannot use your Australian driving license here, so living in a rural area would not be an option in the short term. It would take a few months and a lot of money to get an Irish drivers license.

actually...I was completely off the mark with this. I was thinking of Canada.

Mrs OBumble · 15-09-2015 02:19PM

PolaroidPizza wrote: »

also, keep in mind that you cannot use your Australian driving license here, so living in a rural area would not be an option in the short term. It would take a few months and a lot of money to get an Irish drivers license.

Rubbish. Aussies have been able to do license trade-in here for ages. It's a straight exchange (no testing, lessons, etc), with one extra form to sign if your license was from Victoria.

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