The Curious Case of Violet-Anne Wynne

lab man

cosybeach wrote:

the vote for this career welfare TD must be the norm in kilrush

i believe she only got 17 votes in kilrush ill know on thursday when the clare champion comes out

blanch152

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

You cannot get additional benefits like fuel allowance if you are on Carer’s allowance. Unlike long term jobseekers, you wouldn’t be entitled to a stepping stone amount when you return to the workforce either.

Oh, it’s taxable too.

Not true

blanch152

blanch152 wrote: »

Not true

Oh I thought you couldn’t get any extras.

Lockstep

The comments from the charity are fairly depressing

‘I have to bring it to your attention that your rent record is simply appalling,’ RRI founder and chairman Jim Connolly wrote in June 2013.
‘This debt of yours will seriously hamper our continuing efforts to move families to private rented accommodation in the future.'
‘I have no choice but to leave it to your family’s sense of right and wrong as to what arrangements you must make with Rural Resettlement about this debt.’ The letter is one of 11 written warnings that RRI issued to Ms Wynne and her family before the charity was forced to seek a judgement in a bid to recover more than €12,000 in arrears.

‘Our meeting with you and our letters have brought no result whatsoever. You have made only three weekly payments in the last 18 weeks and your arrears now stand at €3,024,’ a letter from September 2012 reads.

‘You have made complete fools out of this charity which worked for years to provide you and others with beautiful houses.’ Another letter from November 2012 reads: ‘Your sporadic method of paying rent is resulting in your arrears constantly rising. They are now at a completely unacceptable level and I do not understand why you are treating your responsibility to this organisation in this way.’ Finally, after years of non payment, RRI took legal action in 2016 obtain-ing a judgement for arrears of €12,126.40 – the amount due up to June that year.

The charity subsequently obtained a court order to evict Ms Wynne and her family – although they did not leave the home until 2017, continuing to live for free in the home

Stiffing a charity is awful carry on altogether.

Sweet.Science

Lockstep wrote: »

The comments from the charity are fairly depressing


Stiffing a charity is awful carry on altogether.

And you wonder why the government moved towards privatizing social housing.

1641

Sweet.Science wrote: »

And you wonder why the government moved towards privatizing social housing.

Social housing is very attractive when so many people associate it with rent-free living. Almost 60% of Dublin city housing tenants are behind in their rent, owing approximately €32.8 million in arrears. And, it turns out, it is those tenants with the highest earnings who are most likely to be in arrears.

https://www.thesun.ie/news/4963197/dublin-city-council-33million-tenants-arrears-unpaid/

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/top-earning-city-council-tenants-most-likely-to-default-on-rent-1.4106254

Ah- but housing is a "human right". So why pay for it - let someone else pay.

Kermit.de.frog

You have a human right to breath.

Not much else tbh.

Boggles

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

You have a human right to breath.

Not much else tbh.

Do you think I should be able to force you to be my slave?

BarryD2

Lockstep wrote: »

The comments from the charity are fairly depressing


Stiffing a charity is awful carry on altogether.

People will exploit the goodness of others. But for a political party to choose a candidate with that in their background is profoundly disgraceful.

marieholmfan

BarryD2 wrote: »

People will exploit the goodness of others. But for a political party to choose a candidate with that in their background is profoundly disgraceful.

Wow. The persecution by bluebots of a rural mother is horrifying.

I suppose like Bridget McCabe they want her to go away and die.

Shefwedfan

Lockstep wrote: »

The comments from the charity are fairly depressing


Stiffing a charity is awful carry on altogether.

So the charity is gone but now making out she will pay back to another charity....I call bulls**t on that

Shefwedfan

Shefwedfan wrote: »

So the charity is gone but now making out she will pay back to another charity....I call bulls**t on that

Yeah-Bank transfer details or it didn’t happen !

blanch152

And then there was Reada Cronin, making the Uk Labour Party look like an Israeli front. It seems that these new SF TDs are the gift that keeps on giving.

Shefwedfan

blanch152 wrote: »

And then there was Reada Cronin, making the Uk Labour Party look like an Israeli front. It seems that these new SF TDs are the gift that keeps on giving.

By the looks of it they will never make it to TDs with Mary Lou carrying on like a raving lunatic

Another election and a chance to kick these people to touch

limnam

blanch152 wrote: »

And then there was Reada Cronin, making the Uk Labour Party look like an Israeli front. It seems that these new SF TDs are the gift that keeps on giving.

Could be worse.

Could be the minister that keeps on killing.

collywobble7

limnam wrote:

Homeless people been paralyzed on the canals

FFS it's being not been...

Klonker

Sorry, maybe it's already been mentioned here but where is she living now? And is she paying any rent?

lab man

Klonker wrote:

Sorry, maybe it's already been mentioned here but where is she living now? And is she paying any rent?

pella rd kilrush her kids are brought from kikrush town to tullycrine school / kilmurry mc mahon school by taxi twice a day which is 7 miles away some craic alright

leck

Interview on Clare FM from last year with Ms Wynne, who refers to her husband, but all other references online are to her partner. Did she feel that referring to him as her partner would not go down well in Kilrush?

http://www.clare.fm/podcasts/west-clare-sinn-fein-member-violet-anne-wynne-discusses-protestant-roots/

JCX BXC

Klonker wrote: »

Sorry, maybe it's already been mentioned here but where is she living now? And is she paying any rent?

She is currently paying rent yes. To be fair if she wasn't it would be in the headlines.

While bad enough as it is, it would be a thundering disgrace if she didn't pay her rent as she was campaigning to become a TD.

smurgen

1641 wrote: »

Social housing is very attractive when so many people associate it with rent-free living. Almost 60% of Dublin city housing tenants are behind in their rent, owing approximately €32.8 million in arrears. And, it turns out, it is those tenants with the highest earnings who are most likely to be in arrears.

https://www.thesun.ie/news/4963197/dublin-city-council-33million-tenants-arrears-unpaid/

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/top-earning-city-council-tenants-most-likely-to-default-on-rent-1.4106254

Ah- but housing is a "human right". So why pay for it - let someone else pay.

32 million seems small compared to the 400+ million Goldman Sachs have syphoned off tax free. The managing director is married to none other than the newly elected fine Gael TD Jennifer McNeil

https://twitter.com/Astraea1974/status/1229888036969861120?s=19

limnam

smurgen wrote: »

32 million seems small compared to the 400+ million Goldman Sachs have syphoned off tax free. The managing director is none other than the newly elected fine Gael TD Jennifer McNeil

https://twitter.com/Astraea1974/status/1229888036969861120?s=19

It earned €74 million last year in interest for Goldman Sachs from Irish borrowers in 2017, its accounts show, but it paid no tax as it is structured to make little or no paper profit.

Sure how else would you be able to afford the rent in Kiliney

smurgen

limnam wrote: »

It earned €74 million last year in interest for Goldman Sachs from Irish borrowers in 2017, its accounts show, but it paid no tax as it is structured to make little or no paper profit.

Sure how else would you be able to afford the rent in Kiliney

I work on the type of structures they invest in. It's low risk high return and tax is non existent.look up ICAV and it IUT. For non Irish investors Irish undertaking tax does not apply

1641

smurgen wrote: »

32 million seems small compared to the 400+ million Goldman Sachs have syphoned off tax free. The managing director is married to none other than the newly elected fine Gael TD Jennifer McNeil

https://twitter.com/Astraea1974/status/1229888036969861120?s=19

Irish banks are back giving mortgages (and otherwise support the economy) because they were able to sell off their non-performing loans. They were obliged to do so by both the Irish and European central banks. Note that the loans were non-performing and therefore a burden on their books.

The customers of these so called "vulture funds" are no more disadvantaged than they would have been if their loans had remained with the Irish banks. Indeed, they have been noted to reach settlements much more quickly and readily than their original banks were doing.


So you think there is no issue with nearly 60% of council tenants being in rent arrears? Where the average weekly rent is about €70? And, despite that, the highest earners among them are most likely to be in arrears? That tax-payers, who are also mortgage payers, should fork out more billions to pay for social housing if the majority of those renting same don't bother to pay rent and can get away with it?


Rather, you know how stinking that is but instead of addressing it you to try to find some far out diversion. Sure, nothing to see here.



By the way, I never heard of Jennifer McNeill and I have nothing to do with FG or FF - or any other political party.

Boggles

lab man wrote: »

pella rd kilrush her kids are brought from kikrush town to tullycrine school / kilmurry mc mahon school by taxi twice a day which is 7 miles away some craic alright

Why are her kids going to 2 separate national schools?

How do they exactly qualify for a taxi service?

limnam

1641 wrote: »

So you think there is no issue with nearly 60% of council tenants being in rent arrears? Where the average weekly rent is about €70? And, despite that, the highest earners among them are most likely to be in arrears? That tax-payers, who are also mortgage payers, should fork out more billions to pay for social housing if the majority of those renting same don't bother to pay rent and can get away with it?
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Over the last 10 years of FG policy.

What have they implemented to tackle this?

is_that_so

limnam wrote: »

Over the last 10 years of FG policy.

What have they implemented to tackle this?

Eh, this is a council problem. They have always been notoriously poor at collecting money. It's the main reason the LPT was handed to Revenue. Local council here leave up to 30% uncollected in commercial rates at the end of each year and I don't doubt a lot of others are any different.

1641

limnam wrote: »

Over the last 10 years of FG policy.

What have they implemented to tackle this?

I would be interested in any party's proposal to tackle this. Certainly it should be there before any more funding for social housing.


Perhaps, given her expertise, Violet-Anne Wynne could be tasked with developing Sinn Fein's proposal?

Boggles

is_that_so wrote: »

It's the main reason the LPT was handed to Revenue.

Who then handed to Irish water.

Seems a long time ago now, but how much did that cash grab cost everyone of us for a finish?

limnam

is_that_so wrote: »

Eh, this is a council problem. They have always been notoriously poor at collecting money. It's the main reason the LPT was handed to Revenue. Local council here leave up to 30% uncollected in commercial rates at the end of each year and I don't doubt a lot of others are any different.

So nothing.