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Covid Holiday supplement only available to those who pay tax and USC

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    #32
    Fann Linn
    Registered Users Posts: 7,783 ✭✭✭Fann Linn


    Should rule out a sizable number of a certain ethnic minority.
    More of this please.


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    #33
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users Posts: 10,659 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    Hairy Japanese BASTARDS! wrote: »
    What makes me more entitled to it than my neighbour who might be unemployed? Or genuinely disabled?

    It's a tax credit incentive to stimulate spending. Those with the money to spend are the ones they need to encourage to spend it.

    And time the Tax payers got some payback. Those on SW and allowances get the Christmas bonus.


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    #34
    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,903 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    Pentecost wrote: »
    That is something that's ridiculous.

    Yes you would imagine we didn't have an indigenous beer and spirits industry which utilises agricultural output and provides employment.

    Maybe an element of anti drink at play?


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    #35
    Tefral
    Registered Users Posts: 4,350 ✭✭✭Tefral


    Hairy Japanese BASTARDS! wrote: »
    A voucher for everyone would be more fair.

    They should be out looking for a job not taking a holiday!

    Right call and fair balls for them for looking after working people.


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    #36
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 29,549 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Says VAT is being reduced too from 23% to 21%. Is that really going to encourage people to spend?

    They didnt read the Nazi playbook on that one.
    Even the unemployed will benefit.
    I am as outraged about this as the OP was about the staycation credit.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #37
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 25,826 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    elperello wrote: »
    Yes you would imagine we didn't have an indigenous beer and spirits industry which utilises agricultural output and provides employment.

    Maybe an element of anti drink at play?

    Theres a whole list of things that are always exempt from gov vouchers and the like such as fags and oddly enough some baby formula.

    Despite being on the dole myself Im more than happy to see the workers get something back


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    #38
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users Posts: 16,133 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    Tefral wrote: »
    They should be out looking for a job not taking a holiday!

    Right call and fair balls for them for looking after working people.

    What about pensioners ?


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    #39
    splinter65
    Registered Users Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    Hairy Japanese BASTARDS! wrote: »
    A voucher for everyone would be more fair.

    The vouchers get sold to buy booze and drugs and fags.


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    #40
    un5byh7sqpd2x0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,862 ✭✭✭un5byh7sqpd2x0


    Seems fair, the unwaged already get €203 a week for food from the government for free. You're begruding people with jobs €125 a year for the same?


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    #41
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 25,826 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Says VAT is being reduced too from 23% to 21%. Is that really going to encourage people to spend?

    Some big business might pass it on which will encourage spending but most SMEs will need the 2% to help keep themselves afloat so hopefully it helps everyone in a way


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    #42
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 29,549 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    splinter65 wrote: »
    The vouchers get sold to buy booze and drugs and fags.

    Like food stamps in the states... I will give you 50 cents on the dollar.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #43
    Polar101
    Registered Users Posts: 3,844 ✭✭✭Polar101


    Hairy Japanese BASTARDS! wrote: »
    A disgraceful move. Reminiscent of Nazi Germany segregation

    Well, at least you can't be sent to the Russian front, since Russia's not on the green list.


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    #44
    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,903 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    breezy1985 wrote: »
    Theres a whole list of things that are always exempt from gov vouchers and the like such as fags and oddly enough some baby formula.

    Despite being on the dole myself Im more than happy to see the workers get something back

    This is not a voucher scheme.

    Cigarettes cannot be discounted by Irish law. Baby formula for under six month old infants cannot be discounted under EU legislation.

    Maybe we will eventually find out the rationale for excluding drinks from this scheme.

    Very fair of you considering there is nothing in it for you.


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    #45
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users Posts: 10,659 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    iamwhoiam wrote: »
    What about pensioners ?

    A large % of pensioners pay tax and would benefit.

    Those that don't can use the Christmas bonus.

    Plus it's based ln a spend of at least €625: It's not a full rebate of costs.


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    #46
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 29,549 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    iamwhoiam wrote: »
    What about pensioners ?

    Some pensioners pay tax.
    Some pensioners dont qualify for medical card but pay so little tax hardly worth claiming for medical expenses never mind this one!

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #47
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Yeah...Mary Lou was giving out that the tax credit wouldn't be available to a million low paid workers.

    Yeah, because low paid workers pay very little in this country.

    You can't pay very little tax AND expect access to all the tax credits.


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    #48
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 29,549 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Polar101 wrote: »
    Well, at least you can't be sent to the Russian front, since Russia's not on the green list.

    Cough Baltic states Cough.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #49
    Vestiapx
    Registered Users Posts: 1,001 ✭✭✭Vestiapx


    Necro wrote: »
    The fact that you pay tax on your income. It's not a hard concept to grasp.

    I pay loads of tax. I will holiday at home this year but I'll be doing it before the kids have school. Who is this for ?


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    #50
    Fann Linn
    Registered Users Posts: 7,783 ✭✭✭Fann Linn


    odyssey06 wrote: »
    Like food stamps in the states... I will give you 50 cents on the dollar.



    Or butter vouchers back in the 80s.


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    #51
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users Posts: 10,659 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    Vestiapx wrote: »
    I pay loads of tax. I will holiday at home this year but I'll be doing it before the kids have school. Who is this for ?

    It's for the hospitality trade out of season. Won't suit me either as we'll take a break before September.


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    #52
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 29,549 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Vestiapx wrote: »
    I pay loads of tax. I will holiday at home this year but I'll be doing it before the kids have school. Who is this for ?

    Rich retirees.
    Couples with kids pre school age.
    People who go to Center Parcs or similar during mid term.
    Golf / activity / spa weekend getaways
    Couples on a romantic break or just a romantic dinner. Just go for a fancy meal.
    The kind of people who would normally holiday abroad in off peak.

    Maybe they should throw in another bank holiday.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #53
    Fann Linn
    Registered Users Posts: 7,783 ✭✭✭Fann Linn


    Vestiapx wrote: »
    I pay loads of tax. I will holiday at home this year but I'll be doing it before the kids have school. Who is this for ?


    People who work who can avail of reduced over 50s/55s and 60s deals. A nice time actually to visit hotels with no kids flying around the place.


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    #54
    [Deleted User]
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    Vestiapx wrote: »
    I pay loads of tax. I will holiday at home this year but I'll be doing it before the kids have school. Who is this for ?

    It’s valid from October to April so if you go out for a meal before Christmas or have a dirty weekend with the wife around valentines then you can claim 20% back.


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    #55
    mikemac2
    Registered Users Posts: 2,952 ✭✭✭mikemac2


    +1 for another public holiday

    Ruari Quinn and the Labour party were talking about February 1st St Bridgets Day but that proposal went nowhere and I have never heard anything since.


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    #56
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 29,549 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    mikemac2 wrote: »
    +1 for another public holiday

    Ruari Quinn and the Labour party were talking about February 1st St Bridgets Day but that proposal went nowhere and I have never heard anything since.

    We need to start a petition... get momentum on this!
    I am sure Goebbels would have approved also... with some approved theme.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #57
    Vestiapx
    Registered Users Posts: 1,001 ✭✭✭Vestiapx


    Jim_Hodge wrote: »
    It's for the hospitality trade out of season. Won't suit me either as we'll take a break before September.

    Grand so, I'll keep my restaurant receipts and get a €250 rebate. Seems stupid as I won't go out 1 more time because of it. If I need to save 20% on eating out I'll stop tipping. Not trying to sound like a pick worked in service for years, but that's how people think.


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    #58
    Vestiapx
    Registered Users Posts: 1,001 ✭✭✭Vestiapx


    Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »
    It’s valid from October to April so if you go out for a meal before Christmas or have a dirty weekend with the wife around valentines then you can claim 20% back.

    Actually I'll book a valentine's get away before everyone else cops this, thanks.


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    #59
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 25,826 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    Vestiapx wrote: »
    Grand so, I'll keep my restaurant receipts and get a €250 rebate. Seems stupid as I won't go out 1 more time because of it. If I need to save 20% on eating out I'll stop tipping. Not trying to sound like a pick worked in service for years, but that's how people think.

    But a lot of people will take that £250 they get back and go on to spend it somewhere else


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    #60
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 29,549 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    This will take some of the sting out of paying for hotel when attending a wedding... assuming the big events resume from October.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #61
    AVFC.Stephen
    Registered Users Posts: 293 ✭✭AVFC.Stephen


    If I end up with the USC and another example covid 19 social charge... and folks are thinking I even want a supplement for holidays...

    Financially with 4 kids both me and the wife working.. think it be best we go on the dole...


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