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Title: Contact tracing
Post by: silverbullet on March 24, 2020, 03:37:19 pm
For those still working, have you a full list of people you have been in contact with?
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: dalymount on March 24, 2020, 03:41:31 pm
They should be shot with balllsof their own shite for putting peoples lives at risk.when is the fukin taoeseach going to pit us on lockdown,so those cunt dispatchers will hopefully go bust
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: The Liffey Lip on March 24, 2020, 03:45:11 pm
Steady on...the ration bound people in WW2 needed a flash harry...
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Theoneandonly on March 24, 2020, 04:01:45 pm
They should be shot with balllsof their own shite for putting peoples lives at risk.when is the fukin taoeseach going to pit us on lockdown,so those cunt dispatchers will hopefully go bust

As far as I'm aware Taxis continued to operate after the lockdowns in other countries, they certainly did in France and Italy.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Shallowhal on March 24, 2020, 04:02:39 pm
They should be shot with balllsof their own shite for putting peoples lives at risk.when is the fukin taoeseach going to pit us on lockdown,so those cunt dispatchers will hopefully go bust

As far as I'm aware Taxis continued to operate after the lockdowns in other countries, they certainly did in France and Italy.

Worked out well so.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Theoneandonly on March 24, 2020, 04:09:23 pm
Still operating in Madrid, max one passenger per car, it's weird really, we're obviously expendable?

answering the initial question I keep a diary of every job I do every day, unfortunately I don't know all the people I have come across in shopping centres and suchlike, unlike the pompous gobshite who asked it
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: dalymount on March 24, 2020, 04:13:39 pm
Probably have Kearns,Kelly,and Ebbs beating a path to the teaoseachs door if he tried to stop taxis working.words defy me when it comes to the greed of these people.this could be my best chance albeit a small one,to prove to,drivers that this scum would be employers were never needed in the first place
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: silverbullet on March 24, 2020, 04:47:43 pm
Still operating in Madrid, max one passenger per car, it's weird really, we're obviously expendable?

answering the initial question I keep a diary of every job I do every day, unfortunately I don't know all the people I have come across in shopping centres and suchlike, unlike the pompous gobshite who asked it
Thank you for the term of endearment.
As I took the advice of educated people I chose to not work, thereby reducing the risk to the general public and family.
Numbers allowed gather in one place now has been reduced to four thus only allowing 3 passengers max in your vector vehicle.
Will you adhere to this or continue to be an arrogant idiot trying to amass wealth.
What part of NOT endangering the lives of those around me makes me a gobshite?
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: john m on March 24, 2020, 05:02:00 pm
https://www.keepthefaith.co.uk/2020/03/14/any-fool-can-see-nostradamus-warned-us-of-covid-19-claims-book-author/ (https://www.keepthefaith.co.uk/2020/03/14/any-fool-can-see-nostradamus-warned-us-of-covid-19-claims-book-author/)
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: The Liffey Lip on March 24, 2020, 05:02:01 pm
Please wake up ...I'm begging you all.. Katherine zappone lost her seat in the last election.. and this woman is still in her ministry... Dalymount.. start asking your TD how this yoke still gets to make decisions about your kids and grandkids...s
She was fucked out...just as the imposter in charge was....Sinn Fein have abandoned their electorate.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Theoneandonly on March 24, 2020, 05:49:28 pm
Still operating in Madrid, max one passenger per car, it's weird really, we're obviously expendable?

answering the initial question I keep a diary of every job I do every day, unfortunately I don't know all the people I have come across in shopping centres and suchlike, unlike the pompous gobshite who asked it
Thank you for the term of endearment.
As I took the advice of educated people I chose to not work, thereby reducing the risk to the general public and family.
Numbers allowed gather in one place now has been reduced to four thus only allowing 3 passengers max in your vector vehicle.
Will you adhere to this or continue to be an arrogant idiot trying to amass wealth.
What part of NOT endangering the lives of those around me makes me a gobshite?

At least some of of you are admitting you're not working in order to protect your own sad arses, folk were coming in to your beloved airport after being evacuated from holiday resorts ,many after hanging around airports for days and you expected them to cram onto a bus? you couldn't give a toss about passengers ,,, only ever cared about yourself.
I'm sure you'll be back on your high horse pontificating about how important and essential you are when all of this boils over, we're obviously not that important if at the first sign of danger we can all fuck off and hide in our pads
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: silverbullet on March 24, 2020, 06:29:48 pm
Still operating in Madrid, max one passenger per car, it's weird really, we're obviously expendable?

answering the initial question I keep a diary of every job I do every day, unfortunately I don't know all the people I have come across in shopping centres and suchlike, unlike the pompous gobshite who asked it
Thank you for the term of endearment.
As I took the advice of educated people I chose to not work, thereby reducing the risk to the general public and family.
Numbers allowed gather in one place now has been reduced to four thus only allowing 3 passengers max in your vector vehicle.
Will you adhere to this or continue to be an arrogant idiot trying to amass wealth.
What part of NOT endangering the lives of those around me makes me a gobshite?

At least some of of you are admitting you're not working in order to protect your own sad arses, folk were coming in to your beloved airport after being evacuated from holiday resorts ,many after hanging around airports for days and you expected them to cram onto a bus? you couldn't give a toss about passengers ,,, only ever cared about yourself.
I'm sure you'll be back on your high horse pontificating about how important and essential you are when all of this boils over, we're obviously not that important if at the first sign of danger we can all fuck off and hide in our pads
If you have a wife she can keep your remains in the car ashtray! :o
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Theoneandonly on March 24, 2020, 06:53:48 pm
Still operating in Madrid, max one passenger per car, it's weird really, we're obviously expendable?

answering the initial question I keep a diary of every job I do every day, unfortunately I don't know all the people I have come across in shopping centres and suchlike, unlike the pompous gobshite who asked it
Thank you for the term of endearment.
As I took the advice of educated people I chose to not work, thereby reducing the risk to the general public and family.
Numbers allowed gather in one place now has been reduced to four thus only allowing 3 passengers max in your vector vehicle.
Will you adhere to this or continue to be an arrogant idiot trying to amass wealth.
What part of NOT endangering the lives of those around me makes me a gobshite?

At least some of of you are admitting you're not working in order to protect your own sad arses, folk were coming in to your beloved airport after being evacuated from holiday resorts ,many after hanging around airports for days and you expected them to cram onto a bus? you couldn't give a toss about passengers ,,, only ever cared about yourself.
I'm sure you'll be back on your high horse pontificating about how important and essential you are when all of this boils over, we're obviously not that important if at the first sign of danger we can all fuck off and hide in our pads
If you have a wife she can keep your remains in the car ashtray! :o
Front line ... nursing, we might share the ash tray
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: silverbullet on March 24, 2020, 07:09:27 pm
Still operating in Madrid, max one passenger per car, it's weird really, we're obviously expendable?

answering the initial question I keep a diary of every job I do every day, unfortunately I don't know all the people I have come across in shopping centres and suchlike, unlike the pompous gobshite who asked it
Thank you for the term of endearment.
As I took the advice of educated people I chose to not work, thereby reducing the risk to the general public and family.
Numbers allowed gather in one place now has been reduced to four thus only allowing 3 passengers max in your vector vehicle.
Will you adhere to this or continue to be an arrogant idiot trying to amass wealth.
What part of NOT endangering the lives of those around me makes me a gobshite?

At least some of of you are admitting you're not working in order to protect your own sad arses, folk were coming in to your beloved airport after being evacuated from holiday resorts ,many after hanging around airports for days and you expected them to cram onto a bus? you couldn't give a toss about passengers ,,, only ever cared about yourself.
I'm sure you'll be back on your high horse pontificating about how important and essential you are when all of this boils over, we're obviously not that important if at the first sign of danger we can all fuck off and hide in our pads
If you have a wife she can keep your remains in the car ashtray! :o
Front line ... nursing, we might share the ash tray
She probably has protective gear. When she rents out your taxi ro a smoker, you won't be long putting back on the weight! 8)
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: silverbullet on March 24, 2020, 07:10:15 pm
Still operating in Madrid, max one passenger per car, it's weird really, we're obviously expendable?

answering the initial question I keep a diary of every job I do every day, unfortunately I don't know all the people I have come across in shopping centres and suchlike, unlike the pompous gobshite who asked it
Thank you for the term of endearment.
As I took the advice of educated people I chose to not work, thereby reducing the risk to the general public and family.
Numbers allowed gather in one place now has been reduced to four thus only allowing 3 passengers max in your vector vehicle.
Will you adhere to this or continue to be an arrogant idiot trying to amass wealth.
What part of NOT endangering the lives of those around me makes me a gobshite?

At least some of of you are admitting you're not working in order to protect your own sad arses, folk were coming in to your beloved airport after being evacuated from holiday resorts ,many after hanging around airports for days and you expected them to cram onto a bus? you couldn't give a toss about passengers ,,, only ever cared about yourself.
I'm sure you'll be back on your high horse pontificating about how important and essential you are when all of this boils over, we're obviously not that important if at the first sign of danger we can all fuck off and hide in our pads
If you have a wife she can keep your remains in the car ashtray! :o
Front line ... nursing, we might share the ash tray
She probably has protective gear. When she rents out your taxi to a smoker, you won't be long putting back on the weight! 8)
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Theoneandonly on March 24, 2020, 08:40:29 pm
Still operating in Madrid, max one passenger per car, it's weird really, we're obviously expendable?

answering the initial question I keep a diary of every job I do every day, unfortunately I don't know all the people I have come across in shopping centres and suchlike, unlike the pompous gobshite who asked it
Thank you for the term of endearment.
As I took the advice of educated people I chose to not work, thereby reducing the risk to the general public and family.
Numbers allowed gather in one place now has been reduced to four thus only allowing 3 passengers max in your vector vehicle.
Will you adhere to this or continue to be an arrogant idiot trying to amass wealth.
What part of NOT endangering the lives of those around me makes me a gobshite?

At least some of of you are admitting you're not working in order to protect your own sad arses, folk were coming in to your beloved airport after being evacuated from holiday resorts ,many after hanging around airports for days and you expected them to cram onto a bus? you couldn't give a toss about passengers ,,, only ever cared about yourself.
I'm sure you'll be back on your high horse pontificating about how important and essential you are when all of this boils over, we're obviously not that important if at the first sign of danger we can all fuck off and hide in our pads
If you have a wife she can keep your remains in the car ashtray! :o
Front line ... nursing, we might share the ash tray
She probably has protective gear. When she rents out your taxi ro a smoker, you won't be long putting back on the weight! 8)

1 in 4 covid 19 cases are healthcare workers
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Rat Catcher on March 24, 2020, 09:25:43 pm
Still no taxi specific advice from Govt or NTA save allowing drivers insist on card payment.

I thought they may have advised drivers who are classed as "at risk" i.e over 59 years old / pregnant / weak immune system / smoker to stop working and/or only allowed jobs booked through a dispatch firm (to ensure contact traceability) and advised drivers to wear masks. However, Free Now has issued some advice:

https://free-now.com/ie/covid-19/

With the spreading of coronavirus (COVID-19) FREE NOW advises drivers adhere to the hse guidelines as advised by the NTA.

Follow the hse's prevention steps:

Wash your hands well and often to avoid contamination

Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or sleeve when coughing or sneezing an discard used tissue

Avoid touch eyes, nose, or mouth with unwashed hands

Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces

Avoid handshakes where possible

On top of that, please clean and disinfect your car regularly and avoid touching passengers phones (e.g. to help them with payment). After handling cash, please wash your hands.
Visit the HSE website for more information: https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/coronavirus/coronavirus.html
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: silverbullet on March 24, 2020, 09:30:00 pm
Still no taxi specific advice from Govt or NTA save allowing drivers insist on card payment.

I thought they may have advised drivers who are classed as "at risk" i.e over 59 years old / pregnant / weak immune system / smoker to stop working and/or only allowed jobs booked through a dispatch firm (to ensure contact traceability) and advised drivers to wear masks. However, Free Now has issued some advice:

https://free-now.com/ie/covid-19/

With the spreading of coronavirus (COVID-19) FREE NOW advises drivers adhere to the hse guidelines as advised by the NTA.

Follow the hse's prevention steps:

Wash your hands well and often to avoid contamination

Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or sleeve when coughing or sneezing an discard used tissue

Avoid touch eyes, nose, or mouth with unwashed hands

Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces

Avoid handshakes where possible

On top of that, please clean and disinfect your car regularly and avoid touching passengers phones (e.g. to help them with payment). After handling cash, please wash your hands.
Visit the HSE website for more information: https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/coronavirus/coronavirus.html
Proof if proof were needed that we are Expendables...less 15%.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Rat Catcher on March 24, 2020, 09:32:51 pm
The most expendable at the moment are health care workers. Fair play to the drivers who are helping them risk their lives to save others. I hope they are following Free Now's advice and wearing surgical masks.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: silverbullet on March 24, 2020, 09:38:01 pm
The most expendable at the moment are health care workers. Fair play to the drivers who are helping them risk their lives to save others. I hope they are following Free Now's advice and wearing surgical masks.
Health care staff have training.  What kitemark on face masks do Freenow recommend? And where does the water for the 29 second hand wash after every transaction come from?
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Octavia1 on March 24, 2020, 09:41:27 pm
I stopped working ....not to protect "my sorry ass " but to protect my family and community
All of a sudden there blokes comin on here out of the woodwork an  slaggin  because some here choose not to work ...
I smell an agenda ...someone is losing a few bob an they cant handle it ...
Them 3000  italian fans that came here from the airport in taxis ....those tourist from all over who came here for paddy's day got taxis from the airport,  those idiots in temple bar  got taxis into town and to hotel again and again to the airport ...people using taxis for virus parties....taxis have been a BIG  PART OF THE PROBLEM in spreading this virus .
...The government should have closed down the country on the 28 of February when the first case was  diagnosed here ...essential travel  only....essential taxi use only and they should have provided training and equipment to all taxi drivers  in order to stop taxi drivers getting it or at least to reduce the chance of getting it from people at the airport and spreading it all over the country  but that possibility could of had legal  ramifications an someone somewhere said ..." let them at it "  because its astonishing that there was no intervention,  training , equipment supplied etc
Theres no point in getting personal and name calling anymore ....the argument has bein beaten to death ....soon we are going see the carnage ...for some reason
Some dont care about our  old or less healthy than ourselves....they use terms like herd immunity and underlying condition or " it only affects those over 59 so I'm ok jack fuk you I'll go out to work it's only like a cold for someone my age " .....most likely  ther own parents have passed on or they dont care ...so when somebody says to me "  I'm saving my own ass " or grow a pair" " or I'm afraid then they are wrong .......you have no idea what this virus is about to do  here .....your the one who is worried about your own ass ...your the one who doesn't give a fuk about our community , or cant handle a bit of poverty for a  few months...
And if you get it and are left on a trolly because we've run out of ventilators  ...remember you where part of the problem and not the solution.
The true measure  of a society is how it treats it's most vulnerable...Gandhi said  ....or was it  :-\

Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Rat Catcher on March 24, 2020, 09:41:44 pm
Free Now don't recommend masks but I think Govt/NTA should and, obviously, supply them. Training or no training it's health care workers that have the highest rate of infection. An alcohol based sanitiser is sufficient to kill the virus on hands.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: silverbullet on March 24, 2020, 09:45:50 pm
Free Now don't recommend masks but I think Govt/NTA should and, obviously, supply them. Training or no training it's health care workers that have the highest rate of infection. An alcohol based sanitiser is sufficient to kill the virus on hands.
Seen the 25 or more Taxi inspectors working from home?
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: mercenary for hire on March 24, 2020, 09:52:01 pm
Drove into town earlier to drop in me insurance cert and there were plenty of taxis working and not one rank I passed was empty.The public are being told to avoid unnecessary journeys.Now that more retail places are closing the amount of taxi work will decrease.

We're comparing ourselves to Italy and Spain when our cost of entry is much lower.Not one of us paid more than 6k for our plates.The lads in other countries took out small mortgages to buy their plates.I think we can afford a month off in these circumstances.I'll be taking five or six off the way this is going.:-D
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Rat Catcher on March 24, 2020, 09:54:06 pm
You can get up to €410/week on the dole... €350 no questions asked.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: silverbullet on March 24, 2020, 09:55:14 pm
Drove into town earlier to drop in me insurance cert and there were plenty of taxis working and not one rank I passed was empty.The public are being told to avoid unnecessary journeys.Now that more retail places are closing the amount of taxi work will decrease.

We're comparing ourselves to Italy and Spain when our cost of entry is much lower.Not one of us paid more than 6k for our plates.The lads in other countries took out small mortgages to buy their plates.I think we can afford a month off in these circumstances.I'll be taking five or six off the way this is going.:-D
Plenty.of widows selling their heroic husbands plates for pennies on the dollar after this is over.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Shallowhal on March 24, 2020, 09:56:05 pm
Not work a wank SB!!
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: The Liffey Lip on March 24, 2020, 09:56:52 pm
Penny for an old altar boy, Padre?
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: mercenary for hire on March 24, 2020, 09:58:54 pm
Me missus said earlier that 350 is more than I earn most weeks..I got annoyed then I realised there was some truth in it.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: dalymount on March 24, 2020, 10:00:00 pm
All I want to know is,will Kelly Kearns,Ebbs andhave to close their doors now. under these new restrictions.I would be so delighted if they did,and never open again.then the drivers would see how unnecessary these cunts were in the first place.lets hope they are DISPATCHED to history
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Rat Catcher on March 24, 2020, 10:00:54 pm
Indeed, MfH... a good week for me if I'm honest. No way I'd get any more on the 70% basis that Leo suggested.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Rat Catcher on March 24, 2020, 10:01:55 pm
All I want to know is,will Kelly Kearns,Ebbs andhave to close their doors now. under these new restrictions.I would be so delighted if they did,and never open again.then the drivers would see how unnecessary these cunts were in the first place.lets hope they are DISPATCHED to history

I'd say the bossmen already working from home.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: The Liffey Lip on March 24, 2020, 10:04:18 pm
The lies being told here are monumental..what arsehole tells his wife his earnings...? ..and then expects other liars to believe he relies on her to remind him of what he earns.in the first place...
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: mercenary for hire on March 24, 2020, 10:05:26 pm
Why would someone have to hide their earnings?Seems like a recipe for divorce.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Octavia1 on March 24, 2020, 10:06:10 pm
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ (https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/)

Climbing up the charts lads ..
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: The Liffey Lip on March 24, 2020, 10:07:24 pm
Why would someone have to hide their earnings?Seems like a recipe for divorce.

You couldn't be that naive...not even if you tried.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Shallowhal on March 24, 2020, 10:08:07 pm
Why would someone have to hide their earnings?Seems like a recipe for divorce.

That's why he's single!!
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: mercenary for hire on March 24, 2020, 10:09:28 pm
23 years Ll.Longer than you've been pulling yer own plum.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: The Liffey Lip on March 24, 2020, 10:10:28 pm
Unmarried...not single. Hope you have all those DD debits coming from your account Hal... you're number 1 on my hitlist for the streets when covid returns.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: dalymount on March 24, 2020, 10:10:52 pm
Sure didnt Kearns come on here a long time ago and tell all in sundry what a taxi driver could earn working with his firm ?
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: The Liffey Lip on March 24, 2020, 10:12:05 pm
23 years Ll.Longer than you've been pulling yer own plum.

She's laughing at you...not one of the work I've ridden is unmarried...
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: mercenary for hire on March 24, 2020, 10:13:58 pm
Well that's funny Ll because I'm laughing at you.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Octavia1 on March 24, 2020, 10:15:05 pm
https://www.facebook.com/100003326852693/posts/2871238632997004/ (https://www.facebook.com/100003326852693/posts/2871238632997004/)


Anyone else disturbed or at least alarmed by this ?
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: mercenary for hire on March 24, 2020, 10:18:01 pm
It's the same in the US Octy.Worldwide shortage.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: The Liffey Lip on March 24, 2020, 10:19:24 pm
Well that's funny Ll because I'm laughing at you.

Laugh away.....I haven't stopped since you joined...
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Shallowhal on March 24, 2020, 10:19:49 pm
Unmarried...not single. Hope you have all those DD debits coming from your account Hal... you're number 1 on my hitlist for the streets when covid returns.

Nah,i haven't.....should i arrange them asap?
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: The Liffey Lip on March 24, 2020, 10:21:36 pm
 rofl rofl Ask many of your comrades......the ones who think the Quare Wan on 60 k loves them as much as they do her...
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: mercenary for hire on March 24, 2020, 10:25:33 pm
Very odd path your going down LL?.Can you explain why the need to hide money?I don't get it unless you're living a double life.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: dalymount on March 24, 2020, 10:27:09 pm
He is today he admitted to being panti bliss
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Shallowhal on March 24, 2020, 10:27:26 pm
Didn't know the hut opened late on Tuesdays....everyday's a school day!!
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: The Liffey Lip on March 24, 2020, 10:27:51 pm
Sure didnt Kearns come on here a long time ago and tell all in sundry what a taxi driver could earn working with his firm ?

Which makes the claims made by the short, chubby lad even more ludicrous...and that his Mrs would believe it...Dalyer, women are much smarter than men in the main....I'm sure you know that.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: dalymount on March 24, 2020, 10:30:49 pm
Ah yis have me  lost again who is the short chubby lad ?
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: The Liffey Lip on March 24, 2020, 10:31:07 pm
Didn't know the hut opened late on Tuesdays....everyday's a school day!!

It is for you know Hal....out with the books.......those kids need teaching.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: dalymount on March 24, 2020, 10:33:41 pm
Is it the hut pub in phibsboro yis are on about ?
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Shallowhal on March 24, 2020, 10:33:58 pm
Ah....i learned them!!
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: The Liffey Lip on March 24, 2020, 10:34:07 pm
Ah yis have me  lost again who is the short chubby lad ?

Just a rumour Dalyer....Hal claimed Merc had 26" legs...no idea how he knew the exact measurements....couldn't care less but that'll be another tall story he'll be telling, no doubt.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: dalymount on March 24, 2020, 10:35:12 pm
Ah fukk im going to bed
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: mercenary for hire on March 24, 2020, 10:36:58 pm
Hal has been to my gaff.He donates parts to my taxi business every few years.I dunno what yer on about other than that.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: The Liffey Lip on March 24, 2020, 10:36:58 pm
Ah....i learned them!!

God help you....34 you said, before you signed up? Admire that dedication.....I never had it.........lazy cunt you see.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: The Liffey Lip on March 24, 2020, 10:38:56 pm
Good memories....relax Merc..........I'm acting the cunt.........you're not far behind me in that regard...
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Shallowhal on March 24, 2020, 10:41:12 pm
34...did i say that?.....fuk....i feel old now!!
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: The Liffey Lip on March 24, 2020, 10:43:46 pm
You're not........but you might do when Leo announces the schools are closing until Sept...teachers being redeployed to health service...,,,thank fuck I'm useless....
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Bob Shillin on March 25, 2020, 01:19:58 am
You can get up to €410/week on the dole... €350 no questions asked.
Not if you are 66+, presumeably because they assume that you can get by on the state pension of €248. The pension that you spent 47 years paying for, and, upon which you have been paying tax when added to any other earnings.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Cool Boola on March 25, 2020, 02:21:28 am
Yep...every lining has a silver cloud
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Theoneandonly on March 25, 2020, 11:26:12 am
(https://irelandbytaxi.com/cu.jpg)
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Cool Boola on March 25, 2020, 11:35:18 am
There is nothing down there????
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Theoneandonly on March 25, 2020, 11:38:12 am
There is nothing down there????

you might need to enlarge the picture to see it, depending on your device, shame as it's very uplifting
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Rat Catcher on March 25, 2020, 08:29:31 pm
You can get up to €410/week on the dole... €350 no questions asked.
Not if you are 66+, presumeably because they assume that you can get by on the state pension of €248. The pension that you spent 47 years paying for, and, upon which you have been paying tax when added to any other earnings.

They haven't detailed criteria for the 70% one yet as far as I know. There's something severely wrong with forcing you to accept the lower payment. Of course, you shouldn't get both but the higher one ought to apply. Might be worth visiting your TD, take some ground pepper to sniff while you're in there.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: john m on March 25, 2020, 09:09:12 pm
A LINK for the RAT about stuff what he does be saying about stuff ...https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/should-i-sanitize-my-groceries-some-health-experts-say-its-an-important-step-to-protect-yourself-from-coronavirus.html (https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/should-i-sanitize-my-groceries-some-health-experts-say-its-an-important-step-to-protect-yourself-from-coronavirus.html)
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Rat Catcher on March 25, 2020, 09:33:06 pm
Bit late now. I wandered around loads of shops last Thursday... picking stuff up, putting it down... only started wondering how many diseased fuckers done the same before me when it was too late... and, with my OCD, I have to root around supermarket shelves looking at BB dates to make sure I'm getting the freshest stuff.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Bob Shillin on March 25, 2020, 10:55:31 pm
You can get up to €410/week on the dole... €350 no questions asked.
Not if you are 66+, presumeably because they assume that you can get by on the state pension of €248. The pension that you spent 47 years paying for, and, upon which you have been paying tax when added to any other earnings.

They haven't detailed criteria for the 70% one yet as far as I know. There's something severely wrong with forcing you to accept the lower payment. Of course, you shouldn't get both but the higher one ought to apply. Might be worth visiting your TD, take some ground pepper to sniff while you're in there.
Of course I should get both. The state pension is a taxable return on a 47 year investment, not a gift. When others collect their state pension, they will do so having already received the crisis payment. It's effectively means testing for one class of citizen only.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: john m on March 25, 2020, 11:03:24 pm
There is a rule you can only get one state payment ,So if you are a pensioner you might not get the i Cant work payment as well .
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Bob Shillin on March 25, 2020, 11:15:13 pm
There is a rule you can only get one state payment ,So if you are a pensioner you might not get the i Cant work payment as well .
Yes, as mentioned, I am aware of that, just highlighting that the state pension is not a "gift" it's a return on investment and disqualifying because of it is effectively means tedting which does not apply to any other recipient. I am still in the workforce contributing significantly to revenue when working and will have to be for at least another 6 years health permitting.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Rat Catcher on March 26, 2020, 08:05:04 pm
Dunno, BS... I'm guessing you probably made significant contributions but why should a taximan (for example) who paid min PRSI all his life (i.e. less than one week's return per YEAR for most of his life and less than two week's return for a few years) get the same return? There's an element of community rating which implies an element of "welfare". Similarly there's not much difference between contributory and non-contributory as far as the rate of payment is concerned.

In any event the €350 is an emergency payment. To be frank, looking for more than that is just greedy in my mind. I do, however, believe you should get the balance i.e. a ton odd.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: dalymount on March 26, 2020, 08:39:04 pm
While it is a good welfare offer,you can also claim for a dependent adult,but this requires you to fill out a job seekers benefit form afaik
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: dalymount on March 26, 2020, 09:02:08 pm
one thing I find very strange is,nearly every death recorded from covid 19 seems to be in the east of the country
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Lizzzy on March 26, 2020, 09:14:44 pm
one thing I find very strange is,nearly every death recorded from covid 19 seems to be in the east of the country

Yes I've noticed that, is it time to put Dublin on lockdown, with the m50 being the border no one allowed in or out ?
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: silverbullet on March 26, 2020, 11:08:28 pm
one thing I find very strange is,nearly every death recorded from covid 19 seems to be in the east of the country
Tullamore was also mentioned.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Rat Catcher on March 27, 2020, 11:27:38 am
Maybe transfer some healthcare staff from Dublin... to control the spread?
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: sore on March 27, 2020, 12:13:51 pm
Boris Johnson tests positive for corona virus.

Not too sure i believe it! Making it up to convince the public they can get over it? Wont put it past him ...

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-boris-johnson-tests-positive-for-covid-19-11964493
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: dalymount on March 27, 2020, 12:39:06 pm
Speedy recovery Boris
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: watty on March 27, 2020, 12:44:23 pm
one thing I find very strange is,nearly every death recorded from covid 19 seems to be in the east of the country
One third of the population lives in the greater Dublin area.  Outside of Dublin, you'll have lots of farmer-types who self-isolate naturally.  My guess?
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: watty on March 27, 2020, 12:48:08 pm

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-boris-johnson-tests-positive-for-covid-19-11964493 (https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-boris-johnson-tests-positive-for-covid-19-11964493)
I wonder if he's regretting that 'misunderstanding' where the UK refused to join the EU scheme to share ventilators?

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-52052694 (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-52052694)

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The government says a communications mix-up meant it missed the deadline to join an EU scheme to get extra ventilators for the coronavirus crisis.  Ministers were earlier accused of putting Brexit before public health when Downing Street said the UK had decided to pursue its own scheme.  But No 10 now says officials did not get emails inviting the UK to join and it could join future schemes.

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But earlier on Thursday, Downing Street said the UK would not be joining the scheme because "we are no longer members of the EU".

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Downing Street has now issued a statement saying the UK had missed the deadline for the first round of procurements.  A UK government spokesperson said: "Owing to an initial communication problem, the UK did not receive an invitation in time to join in four joint procurements in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Rat Catcher on March 27, 2020, 01:11:07 pm
I doubt he gives a flying fuck. He'll get one if he needs (or wants) it, so will the prince of Wales.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: dalymount on March 27, 2020, 01:14:37 pm
He is fukin right.you cant be half in,and half out
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: watty on March 27, 2020, 01:48:12 pm
Oh dear... The UK Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, has the virus now as well  oops
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Bob Shillin on April 03, 2020, 10:44:41 pm
Apparently there is an anomaly/discrimination here. If you are an employee and 66 you qualify for the temporary wage subsidy, whereby your employer will be paid 70% of your salary to pass on to you, thereby discriminating against self employed 66 yr olds. Will post the link when I get to a PC.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: dalymount on April 04, 2020, 02:08:05 pm
I see the official figures overall throughout Europe indicate covid 19 beginning to slow in line with my predictions. I predicted the figure in Ireland would be nowhere near the 15000 the experts said at the end of March, I also predicted it would start to slow around now, and my 3rd prediction was there is no way it will take anything like 18 months to produce, and develope  a vaccine. 2 out of 3 so far
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: mercenary for hire on April 04, 2020, 02:14:52 pm
It can bounce back as soon as they take the restrictions on movement away.People won't wanna live like this for too long.Hopefully it's sorted soon.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Bob Shillin on April 04, 2020, 02:17:22 pm
See Luke O Neill talking about the possible help of the BCG vaccine, not scientific evidence , but numerical indicators.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: mercenary for hire on April 04, 2020, 02:58:19 pm
Trumpy is taking about some malaria drug too but it's in testing and his medical staff have been downplaying its effectiveness. I think minimum testing is three months long in the US.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Bob Shillin on April 04, 2020, 05:02:35 pm
Apparently there is an anomaly/discrimination here. If you are an employee and 66 you qualify for the temporary wage subsidy, whereby your employer will be paid 70% of your salary to pass on to you, thereby discriminating against self employed 66 yr olds. Will post the link when I get to a PC.
https://revenue.ie/en/employing-people/documents/pmod-topics/guidance-on-operation-of-temporary-covid-wage-subsidy-scheme.pdf




3. Employee.
What is an eligible employee?
An eligible employee is someone who their employer cannot afford to fully pay because of the COVID-19 crisis who is
being kept on the books of the employer. The employee must be on the payroll on 29 February 2020 and the
employer must, between 1 February 2020 and 15 March 2020, have made payroll submissions for payments to the
employee to Revenue with pay-dates between 1 Feb 2020 and 29 Feb 2020. There is no age restriction for
employees to be eligible and it includes those employees on fulltime, part-time, temporary and short-time work
arrangements.

An employee is not an eligible employee if:
• Their Average Net Weekly Wage exceeds €960, or
• The sum of payments (subsidy plus any additional payment but excluding tax refunds) payable to the
employee in the week being processed exceeds the Average Net Weekly Wage.
Title: Re: Contact tracing
Post by: Rat Catcher on April 05, 2020, 10:48:11 am
Have you looked into the 70% self-employed scheme... if there is one... I'm pretty sure Leo said it would be available to self-employed and the UK 80% scheme is.