Farm payments 2023

In the main menu under bdgp tab the next tab is basic income can't remember the rest of it click on that and you'll find it there

No, apply once and you’re in it for five years when accepted.

At an away game a few weeks ago, my lad went into the ditch after a ball and came back out with 5. The club were delighted with him

But another poster said kids membership is 10 euro in their club, if this was increased to 20 euro there mightnt be any need for fundraising during the year.

Same here. Both myself and herself are heavily involved at committee level and the time we spend on it has become unsustainable. I am dropping off next year and herself will be stepping back from her officer role to a standard committee member. Ill go back at it in a few years when the kids are a bit hardier.

Definitely off topic but anyways;

Club membership is not as simple as comparing the headline figure .It depends on what the fee includes. GAA clubs around here vary from 50 to 100 for juvenile and 60 to 150 for adult players.Some insist all coaches are members (think its a requirement to be on a committee in every club)

Soccer varies greatly with some on 40 for juveniles and others at 100 euro.In some clubs the fee covers socks,shorts,training and ref fees.Other clubs you may have a cheaper fee but have to bring ref money to each game plus purchase your own socks and shorts.

My own club would perhaps be mid range in price but it covers all referee fees ,training under lights and every player from U8 to adult gets club socks and shorts at start of every season.Also can depend on where your club plays as different leagues charge different player registration fees and club affiliation fees.Some leagues charge a flat rate per team whilst others charge per player (30 euro here at present for an adult plus 3 euro to the FAI).Add that 33 euro along with socks and shorts (12 euro) plus referee (maybe 20 games at 30 euro per team per ref so 1 euro fifty per player per game ) at say 30 you are getting close to 80 euro without anything to run a club,purchase balls etc etc.

Not as simple as people think.I have been involved in soccer admin(club and league level) for more years than I have been on this site and am involved in club level admin at GAA for a good few years.

I did covid officer, I met some right assholes. Do you want your kid to play football or not, I didn't make the rules

So far gone at this stage it's pointless trying to get back on track 👣

Back on topic.

I have to agree with Bass in regards to this being flagged from a long ways out. I stand to be corrected but did Irish farmers not get their advance each year well ahead of any other country? I do know that the Irish Dept is way ahead of almost every other EU country in regards to getting out as much to as many farmers as early as possible without any holdups.

It may not seem like this when you are coming up to Christmas and nothing looking likely to arrive until early into the new year.

Someone said about nothing into their account since whenever but thats farming.Either you plan around that financially or have stuff to sell in the lean times.Here its usually from February when last of hoggets sold until end of June when spring lambs start to come fit. No bills land here apart from the usual in that time as most big stuff (merchants, contractors,tax bill,insurance etc) is paid from August onwards. Been like this for years as thats when harvest cheque landed and bulk of lamb sales.Few bits at Christmas as that was when beet cheque would arrive.

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Just reading there the department can't confirm if they'll be able to adhere to the payment dates sent out in the letter last month as IT is under pressure

The operator is the problem combined with the department getting taken for a ride

Ah now you can't compare like with like. Daughter gets the pill free every month. Dermatologist put her on it for acne, it's something like 7 euro a month, hardly breaking the hse budget. Heard today of one person high up in the hse on a wage of over 900k, that's crazy money. You'd get plenty of pills for that

I've often said on here that there's no compulsion on the Dept, AG to pay the payments before Dec and to be aware of that.

One thing I've learnt with the banks (and I've had it as tough as anyone here with them) is that its as difficult to negotiate any figure for overdraft so you might as well add on 20%+ on your needs and have comfort. I 've walked out of a bank over this only to have the phone ringing here when I got home to ask me back.

I was listening to a researcher recently discussing top ranking CEOs and how little effect removing them would have on hhe performance of their respective organisations....I wish I could remember more of the interview

I've always suspected very few of them were worth the stratospheric renumeration and probably had to be borderline sociopaths with trains of human suffering and misery left in their wake.

What other employer would allow you to do private work on their premises?! I assume the hospitals at least charge them for the use of equipment etc?

Won't show up until the 17th I'd say