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Fair City [News, Spoilers and Discussion v2]
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I just checked and flights to Rome next Wednesday, returning in 2 weeks work out at 515euro per person...far from cheap...particularly for three men who I am assuming all live on the old age pension??? (I know it's not real and they're not really booking flights with aerlingus...but if they were....)
I checked one way with Ryanair for the 3 of them, it will only cost 311.64 Euro so pretty good deal if you ask me
and if they wanted a return flight.. 663.36 EUR for the 3 of them
Bargain
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Once you are 70+ you are entitled to the households benefits package regardless of who lives with you. And the three lads in FC would all be entitled to it because the only people they live with are also eligible.
How so? My nana gets only has the minimum she is entitled to, the same as everyone else that age, give or take €10. The elderly are very, very, very well taken care of by the state in this country.
A lot of people are not that lucky, I have seen plenty of people struggling, People who can't afford their weekly shopping etc.
A lot of people in this economy struggle. I had my first foreign holiday in about 10 years in January. Not everyone is as lucky as your Grandmother is...
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Gingersnaps wrote: »I hope when you are an OAP you are healthy enough to enjoy the benefits of having worked your whole life paying taxes etc. Please take your rant to another thread. This thread is for discussion of Fair City.
I'm not ranting?
Just like I wasn't ranting when I pointed out how much Jo and Dermot get as foster carers. I'm just pointing out that Charlie and Cass, have plenty of money for their trip due to the fact that pensioners in this country are well taken care of (Bela might not due to Rita's care costs). Exactly where did I rant or complain about it?
I've worked with Age Action here and in the UK (where pensioners are given very, very little in comparison to pensioners here) so I actually know exactly what I'm talking about as I've helped pensioners in both countries ensure they were getting their full entitlements.0 -
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Gingersnaps wrote: »Certainly seems like a rant to me. I'm seriously confused about what your problem is. I mentioned what pensioners get first off in the context of the show, and then each other post is in response to someone else's comments/questions. I've also tried to bring it back around to the show on a number of occasions. Not one word of that is even remotely like a rant but it's nice that you leave out the part of what I wrote that outlines how I actually worked at making sure elderly people were getting all of their entitlements. Hardly something that someone would do if they had a problem with it. After working in a country where the elderly are left very vulnerable, I happen to be damn proud of how well people are cared for here, and worried about the future for many of these people if/when their entitlements are cut as they are very likely to be.
It sort of seems to me that you decided to be nasty to me because you confused stating the facts with begrudgery. Then once it was pointed out to you that it was the opposite you grasped at straws to attempt to back up your mistake instead of apologising. Then follow up with "I won't be responding to any more of these posts as I don't want the thread to keep going off topic." allowing yourself carte blanch to be nasty and make false accusations.I've worked in the emergency services and I've often come across elderly people living in absolute poverty and squalor.
Sure they do but not because they are let down, financially, by their state entitlements. No offence but I've worked at the front line of this, and not just in emergency situations which will not allow you the full details of any situation. Elderly people live in poverty on the whole due to being taken advantage of by the unscrupulous, (too often their own families) and in squalor due to mental health conditions, which the state does not provide adequate care for in most situations.0 -
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I'm seriously confused about what your problem is.
I'd be inclined to agree. I think you made a fair point. A lot of elderly people get a lot more than they need on the dole, including the money towards oil and electricity, etc. I was only talking to my own grandmother about this recently and she says that, as an 80-year-old woman living alone, the money she gets is just being stockpiled. She has reason to spend little in the week.
ANYWAY, I really don't think Iguana was "ranting". Gingersnaps, chillax. :cool: 0 -
IsMiseLisa wrote: »I'd be inclined to agree. I think you made a fair point. A lot of elderly people get a lot more than they need on the dole, including the money towards oil and electricity, etc. I was only talking to my own grandmother about this recently and she says that, as an 80-year-old woman living alone, the money she gets is just being stockpiled. She has reason to spend little in the week.
ANYWAY, I really don't think Iguana was "ranting". Gingersnaps, chillax. :cool:
How on earth could you 'stockpile' on a wage of 200e a week You still have to eat - you still have to pay bills I've also worked on the 'front line' and the only pensioners who are doing ok are the ones who were paying into a private pension or are in receipt of a decent pension from the civil service (or similar). Your average pensioner cannot 'stockpile' and certainly in the case of Cas, who as far as I remember, arrived to carrigstown homeless and penniless, is definitely supposed to be living on the state pension. 0 -
How on earth could you 'stockpile' on a wage of 200e a week You still have to eat - you still have to pay bills I've also worked on the 'front line' and the only pensioners who are doing ok are the ones who were paying into a private pension or are in receipt of a decent pension from the civil service (or similar). Your average pensioner cannot 'stockpile' and certainly in the case of Cas, who as far as I remember, arrived to carrigstown homeless and penniless, is definitely supposed to be living on the state pension.
Well, I'm a student, and I manage to save a couple of thousand a year on 150 euro a week - and that includes paying rent, buying food, everything I own, etc.
A single person, as the case with my grandmother - and quite a few others - really don't have to pay much re: bills once the allowance comes in, given that she paid off her mortgage the best part of thirty years ago too.
I guess it really depends on the individual. 0 -
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How? If you could share those tips, I'd love to hear them.
I have no idea if you're being serious or not, but I'll entertain the question.
I allow myself 110 euro a week to spend. Now, my rent is quite cheap as I live with six other people. Bills come to about 10 euro a month, per person. Food is all from Aldi, so it's about a tenner for three weeks worth. (I literally live on waffles.
What's left over goes into my bank account.
Over the summer, I work part time, to keep the income coming.
Like I said, it largely depends on circumstance. Only a couple of weeks ago, my grandmother said she gets more than enough on the pension - BUT she has no rent, no mortgage, only one TV so tiny bills, etc.
It would make sense in the context of the show for the likes of Cass to have little money - he has to be rent in Dublin, and spends a LOT of time in the pub and the Hungry Pig and pottering around.
Anyway, going kinda off-topic so this'll be my last response on the whole money issue. 0
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