If you could get the government to change 1 thing about Ireland what would it be?

Thingymebob

Thingymebob wrote: »

I can’t count to 1, so I’ve got a wee bit of a list

1. End lifetime tenancies for social housing; reviewed every two years, and if you’ve got too much space, you have no choice but to move into a smaller home. Anyone with two or more criminal convictions automatically lifetime barred from social housing (if you don’t want to make a meaningful contribution to society, you don’t get to benefit from it). If you live in social housing unless you’re retired, severely disabled or are caring for a severely disabled child, you must work at least 20 hours per week, either paid or voluntary (because I’m sick to death if my neighbours having parties 7 days a week and lying bed all day while I’m working). Priority on lists to essential workers, no right of refusal on location and no sale to tenants.

2. Anyone claiming dole must either be in training, education or voluntary work after 12 weeks.

3. Introduce noise control. If your neighbours are getting up to pay a mortgage and you’re sitting on your arse on the taxpayer, the taxpayer deserves a peaceful nights sleep

4. Curfew for all children up to the age of 18.

5. Compulsory education or training until 18

6. Offer pre apprenticeship courses in school from 14(ish). Not everyone is booksmart but too many kids who would thrive in practical roles are being lost. A degree isn’t the only way to be successful.

7. Three convictions, you serve the full sentence. With hard labour.

8. Cap CEO pay. Yes, there’s skills, knowledge and behaviours that make CEOs etc successful, but I genuinely don’t believe that someone should be earning €23,000 a week when one of their employees are earning just €23,000 (or less!) a year. I’m paid ok, but I see too often people like porters, cleaners, etc get paid crap and the managers don’t even look them in the eye when they walk past.

9. Offer people a paid sabbatical to be used as needed; maternity leave, study leave, travel, Family leave, whatever. Say a maximum of 18 months, not accessible until they’ve been working full time for ten years.

10. Free childcare for workers. You get the same number of free hours as you work (couples, add both parents together, and divide by two). No free childcare if you’re unemployed. Offer extended hours, so those who dont work the standard M-F week can benefit too.

11. Compulsory jail term for fraudulent accident claims

12. Compulsory chemical castration for rapists and sex abusers.

13. Offer genuine flexible working so if people want to work their hours over 4 days, they can. And stop excluding childfree people from flexible working.

14. Remove the native ethnic wandering class from the minority list.

I second all of the above!

Plus, I’d cap social welfare. It’s too attractive in its current form. A voucher system for unemployed after 12 months at a reduced rate. All other payments as they are. Children’s allowance abolished and free school books and supplies, plus school lunch instead.

W123-80's

Take religion out of public national schools.

Wanderer78

Deleted User wrote:

Plus, I’d cap social welfare. It’s too attractive in its current form. A voucher system for unemployed after 12 months at a reduced rate. All other payments as they are. Children’s allowance abolished and free school books and supplies, plus school lunch instead.

We can redirect all the money saved straight into the legal system, because that's where it ll be needed!

mr_fegelien

Legalize marijuana and tax it moderately while having tighter restrictions on alcohol (perhaps an age increase to 21) and tax it higher.

I'd rather have stoned trakkie lads walking round the city than ones on heroin or alcohol.

Wanderer78

mr_fegelien wrote: »

Legalize marijuana and tax it moderately while having tighter restrictions on alcohol (perhaps an age increase to 21) and tax it higher.

I'd rather have stoned trakkie lads walking round the city than ones on heroin or alcohol.

cant see moving the age would do anything regarding alcohol, would agree with legalization though

blinding

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

People with large IQ’s can very well be massive **** too.

Sorry if I upset you ;)

blinding

blinding wrote: »

Sorry if I upset you ;)

That’s unpossible.

ILoveYourVibes

I would not put them in charge of their own wages. They keep giving themselves rises!

Austria!

Import loads of young women, possibly on the guise of helping them escape oppression, I think you could swing that with a good PR campaign. If I had to choose I'd probably take latinas, maybe from Venezuela I think that's a bad enough place. Probably go middle eastern after that. Good looking women in every part of the world, but let's be real you're getting the best bang for your buck there. Then Africa vs Asia is a toss up. Probably Africa

corner of hells

My friend wants to ban our local GAA club , I want to keep them for entertainment.

He moved to where I live three years ago and when his eldest daughter turned 21 last year he enquired about booking the club for 21st.He was told no , but could book it if he took out family membership, which he did.
When he asked about making a booking again he was refused saying he had to be a member for year. He cancelled his membership and standing order.
Shortly afterwards they rang and asked if he would reconsider .He explained his predicament but they wouldn't allow him book the venue saying he needed wait a year .....till his daughter was 22.

He booked a local hotel for his daughters 21st also posting out invites to the person who refused to allow him book the GAA hall.

FVP3

Pkiernan wrote: »

I'd like the Govt to do 2 things:

1. Make it legal for tenants to not pay rent and then destroy a landlords property to walk away without consequence.

2. Give unlimited, unending dole to people who don't wish to go to work.


Oh wait.....

I'd introduce a license for landlords. With an illegal conviction, or similar, you lost the license. No more renting.

corner of hells

corner of hells wrote: »

My friend wants to ban our local GAA club , I want to keep them for entertainment.

He moved to where I live three years ago and when his eldest daughter turned 21 last year he enquired about booking the club for 21st.He was told no , but could book it if he took out family membership, which he did.
When he asked about making a booking again he was refused saying he had to be a member for year. He cancelled his membership and standing order.
Shortly afterwards they rang and asked if he would reconsider .He explained his predicament but they wouldn't allow him book the venue saying he needed wait a year .....till his daughter was 22.

He booked a local hotel for his daughters 21st also posting out invites to the person who refused to allow him book the GAA hall.

That’s some ****ty behaviour.

Edit - on the part of the club, not your mate.

blinding

Austria! wrote: »

Import loads of young women, possibly on the guise of helping them escape oppression, I think you could swing that with a good PR campaign. If I had to choose I'd probably take latinas, maybe from Venezuela I think that's a bad enough place. Probably go middle eastern after that. Good looking women in every part of the world, but let's be real you're getting the best bang for your buck there. Then Africa vs Asia is a toss up. Probably Africa

We need 10 years of just Good Looking Young Women Immigrants :D

Lets see how the Irish women like that Switcheroo ! ! !:eek::eek:

FVP3

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

That’s some ****ty behaviour.

Edit - on the part of the club, not your mate.

Seems legit to me, they want to loan the club facilities to members who are long term, not someone who just joined up.

jaxxx

corner of hells wrote: »

My friend wants to ban our local GAA club , I want to keep them for entertainment.

He moved to where I live three years ago and when his eldest daughter turned 21 last year he enquired about booking the club for 21st.He was told no , but could book it if he took out family membership, which he did.
When he asked about making a booking again he was refused saying he had to be a member for year. He cancelled his membership and standing order.
Shortly afterwards they rang and asked if he would reconsider .He explained his predicament but they wouldn't allow him book the venue saying he needed wait a year .....till his daughter was 22.

He booked a local hotel for his daughters 21st also posting out invites to the person who refused to allow him book the GAA hall.

Well whoever's in charge of that club are right c*nts!

What would I change? Make everyone accountable for their actions, regardless of where they are born. Actual equality. Proper sentencing as well, not this suspended sh*t.

ILoveYourVibes

Austria! wrote: »

Import loads of young women, possibly on the guise of helping them escape oppression, I think you could swing that with a good PR campaign. If I had to choose I'd probably take latinas, maybe from Venezuela I think that's a bad enough place. Probably go middle eastern after that. Good looking women in every part of the world, but let's be real you're getting the best bang for your buck there. Then Africa vs Asia is a toss up. Probably Africa

You mean like people trafficking!?

ILoveYourVibes

blinding wrote: »

We need 10 years of just Good Looking Young Women Immigrants :D

Lets see how the Irish women like that Switcheroo ! ! !:eek::eek:

Im all for it. Foreign women are nicer to me!

AndyBoBandy

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

I would not put them in charge of their own wages. They keep giving themselves rises!

I’ll never forget back in the glory days of Fianna Fáil sometime in the early 2000’s, they returned from their Christmas break (on January 30th), and the first order of business was to give all TD’s a 30% pay increase, which of course was passed by overwhelming majority.

Just like that. 30% increase..

ILoveYourVibes

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

I’ll never forget back in the glory days of Fianna Fáil sometime in the early 2000’s, they returned from their Christmas break (on January 30th), and the first order of business was to give all TD’s a 30% pay increase, which of course was passed by overwhelming majority.

Just like that. 30% increase..

WOW!

With the pension etc they get a package of something like millions all in all

https://www.thejournal.ie/politicians-pensions-ireland-4634460-May2019/

Bertie Ahern still gets a pension of 80k a year i think.

blinding

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

Im all for it. Foreign women are nicer to me!

In all seriousness the disparity between Male immigrant and Female immigrant numbers was ridiculous.

The Irish women would have been fuming if it had been the other way around ! ! !

corner of hells

FVP3 wrote: »

Seems legit to me, they want to loan the club facilities to members who are long term, not someone who just joined up.

What was entertaining was them contacting him and asking him to reconsider and still saying he had to wait a year , his daughter would've have 22 .

ILoveYourVibes

blinding wrote: »

In all seriousness the disparity between Male immigrant and Female immigrant numbers was ridiculous.

The Irish women would have been fuming if it had been the other way around ! ! !

I didn't notice any disparity. Shrug.

Most of my female friends are not originally from Ireland.

blinding

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

I’ll never forget back in the glory days of Fianna Fáil sometime in the early 2000’s, they returned from their Christmas break (on January 30th), and the first order of business was to give all TD’s a 30% pay increase, which of course was passed by overwhelming majority.

Just like that. 30% increase..

Were they not thinking about the Country ;);)like they preach to everyone else when it comes to money ;););););)

When you are voting they tell you to think about the Country. When they are voting for money for themselves that soon goes out the window:eek::eek::eek:

ILoveYourVibes

I think there needs to be a whole thread about how Bertie Ahern still gets a pension

blinding

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

I didn't notice any disparity. Shrug.

Most of my female friends are not originally from Ireland.

I think without checking that is about 7 men to 3 women from within the Eu and probably 8 or 9 men to 1 woman from outside the Eu.

Had it been the other way around the Irish Women would have been spitting feathers ! ! !

Austria!

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

You mean like people trafficking!?

Obviously no. Christ lad, I'm not some weirdo who would pick latinas over european women. Mediterranean my preference but if someone had more of an eye for the Nordic could I really blame him?



Anyway they come here voluntarily for our friendly emigration stance towards them on the basis that young women are oppressed in poorer countries, and if men want asylum, let's give a good hard think about do we really need em. I mean bottom line, if that was how it was run in the UK for the last 20 years, do you think there'd be a Brexit?

ILoveYourVibes

blinding wrote: »

I think without checking that is about 7 men to 3 women from within the Eu and probably 8 or 9 men to 1 woman from outside the Eu.

Had it been the other way around the Irish Women would have been spitting feathers ! ! !

You are incorrect. The central statistics office says its about equal.

https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-wamii/womenandmeninireland2016/society/

Its all in your head.

blinding

Austria! wrote: »

Obviously no. Christ lad, I'm not some weirdo who would pick latinas over european women. Mediterranean my preference but if someone had more of an eye for the Nordic could I really blame him?



Anyway they come here voluntarily for our friendly emigration stance towards them on the basis that young women are oppressed in poorer countries, and if men want asylum, let's give a good hard think about do we really need em. I mean bottom line, if that was how it was run in the UK for the last 20 years, do you think there'd be a Brexit?

Yes had the Female to Male numbers of immigrants in the Uk been reversed there probably would not have been a Brexit.

ILoveYourVibes

Austria! wrote: »

Obviously no. Christ lad, I'm not some weirdo who would pick latinas over european women. Mediterranean my preference but if someone had more of an eye for the Nordic could I really blame him?

WTF? DUDE!

ILoveYourVibes

blinding wrote: »

Yes had the Female to Male numbers of immigrants in the Uk been reversed there probably would not have been a Brexit.

I am marrying a foreign dude. Irish men are crazy!

Strumms

FVP3 wrote: »

Seems legit to me, they want to loan the club facilities to members who are long term, not someone who just joined up.

They are not really loaning anything from what I can tell. A new and fully paid up member who wanted to avail of a facility at the club..to celebrate an occasion with friends and family. He was refused this. If anything they should be glad as it will bring revenue to the club and enable the member to become more involved from the get go in the more ‘social’ aspects of the club.

Would they want to stop a new member and his kid from traveling on the club bus to an away game, because they are ‘new’ ?

Would they insist a new member brings their own drinks when the club provides drinks to the long term members / players at half time of games ?

blinding

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

You are incorrect. The central statistics office says its about equal.

https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-wamii/womenandmeninireland2016/society/

Its all in your head.

The central statistics office needs to be reformed. Nobody believes them on Immigration.

ILoveYourVibes

blinding wrote: »

The central statistics office needs to be reformed. Nobody believes them on Immigration.

It's all in your head.

PMBC

Massive programme of social and affordable housing. Remove the over-controlling dead hand of the Department of Housing. Encourage, learn from and give further scope to exemplary housing organisations like O'Cualann.
Deductions of rents for those in Social Housing or from wages for those in employment. Verified noise or nuisance infringements or a specified number of criminal convictions to mean automatic voiding of tenancy. Adequate practical powers to Councils or Housing Bodies to remove tenants. No more tenant purchase schemes. More housing by exemplary organisations like Cualann.
Provide tenancy training in managing household finances and in Parenting.


Reduction of number of TDs by at least a half by enlarging constituencies but maintaining PR system. Maximum one Minister of State or per Department and no new Departments except by referendum. Introduce local referenda as in Switzerland.

ILoveYourVibes

I would make FF and FG one party.


I just saw this on Twitter.

There's a good chance that a global pandemic and its impact on AirBnB has achieved more for Irish housing than Fine Gael.

blinding

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

I would make FF and FG one party.


I just saw this on Twitter.

Excellent post on all counts.

ILoveYourVibes

Maybe FG are keeping prices high for houses on purpose.

blinding

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

It's all in your head.

Have you seen the ratios of Male to female on those boats crossing the Mediterranean ? Thats real.

ILoveYourVibes

blinding wrote: »

Have you seen the ratios of Male to female on those boats crossing the Mediterranean ? Thats real.

That's refugees...or asylum seekers...more men than women....its only 2:1 tho

https://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/republic-ireland/statistics

Also the above year there was only 3000k roughly applicants and 70% were rejected.

Honestly if you are worried about competition in the dating world from a refugee man from a war torn country.....i don't know what to tell you..you may have bigger problems.

blinding

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

That's refugees...or asylum seekers...more men than women....its only 2:1 tho

https://www.asylumineurope.org/reports/country/republic-ireland/statistics

Also the above year there was only 3000k roughly applicants and 70% were rejected.

Honestly if you are worried about competition in the dating world from a refugee man from a war torn country.....i don't know what to tell you..you may have bigger problems.

Your eyesight must not be too good when you see the boats crossing the Mediterranean. Have you been to an optician lately ? ?

ILoveYourVibes

blinding wrote: »

Your eyesight must not be too good when you see the boats crossing the Mediterranean. Have you been to an optician lately ? ?

Are you in the mediterranean? I can't see it from here.

antimatterx

My tax money funding a nice lifestyle for the work shy.

ILoveYourVibes

antimatterx wrote: »

My tax money funding a nice lifestyle for the work shy.

You mean the entire country right now?

blinding

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

Are you in the mediterranean? I can't see it from here.

Often been there. Lovely Place.

Strumms

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

WOW!

With the pension etc they get a package of something like millions all in all

https://www.thejournal.ie/politicians-pensions-ireland-4634460-May2019/

Bertie Ahern still gets a pension of 80k a year i think.

The average wage is around 36,000..

Bertie gets 45% more as a pension, as does Bruton and the others for sitting on their holes.

80k... 6666 euros a month. Am I right in thinking that this isn’t taxable?

ILoveYourVibes

get rid of junk food cure obesity take pressure off the hse

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Ban rugby....make hurling mandatory 1 hour a week minimum in all schools

That's two changes ya greedy ****er!

Purgative

Get rid of the GAA.


Round every work for raffles and shoite.


Then signs everywhere Good Luck to Brendan and the lads" every time they get a sniff at the All Ireland.


Old guys wearing the jerseys - ffs lads cop yourselves on.






I'll get my coat.

ILoveYourVibes

Strumms wrote: »

The average wage is around 36,000..

Bertie gets 45% more as a pension, as does Bruton and the others for sitting on their holes.

80k... 6666 euros a month. Am I right in thinking that this isn’t taxable?

yes i think so

But our pensions are taxable.

ILoveYourVibes

Purgative wrote: »

Get rid of the GAA.

Nooooooooooooooo....don't even joke about it!