Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: dublin2018 on April 08, 2020, 02:31:40 pm
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I'm hearing reports on the ground FREENOW have issued its robots a stand down command from the bunker in Lwr Mount st ,on 50% discounts.Are the German Panzer tanks in retreat???...If this is true ,I hope the media chase them down, on there lies and trying to make gains in a Global Pandemic, on free advertising ,when hundreds of thousands of people out of work and advising drivers how to modify there vehicles against Covid19 .Who do this company think they are?????.Very Nasty.Maybe a email to the media will get more light on situation.
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This was my original reply and I passed it on to many friends asking them to forward it and also sent it to the Irish Independent, Irish Examiner and a few Radio stations;
I got the cringeworthy FN email sent out to customers,
very little mention that FN are taking No hit at all but just dropping the commission,
and no mention at all that the Taxi driver putting his life at risk is actually the one who suffers financially.
I could rephrase their email fer them (in red);
Helping medical workers get where they need to be
50% off taxis for our Healthcare Heroes paid out of Taxi drivers pockets while FN staff cocoon safely at home behind closed doors.
Ireland is currently facing an unprecedented challenge with the onset of COVID-19. Our healthcare heroes not us FN staff are playing a vital role on the frontline and together with drivers who are also on the frontline we want to support them from our FN homes and places of safety.
That's why "we" are launching a joint initiative with drivers offering all healthcare professionals 50% off their essential trips. We FN don't charge the usual 15% commission and the Taxi driver risking his life takes the lions share of the hit of 35% off the fare.
'Together', we want to make sure that all healthcare professionals can get where they need to be as quickly and easily as possible. ..........
Thanking you all fer your time and when this is over our FN team will reemerge from our places of safety to provide you with the best Taxi app service in the country, the Taxi drivers who currently serve you are no longer allowed in to our offices but they should be ok to look after your journey. We at FN do not provide any of our drivers with any type of PPE or sanitizers, nor do we at FN offer our drivers any type of benefit if they get sick with the virus or God forbid Die.
Thanks,
The FREE NOW team.
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This was my original reply and I passed it on to many friends asking them to forward it and also sent it to the Irish Independent, Irish Examiner and a few Radio stations;
I got the cringeworthy FN email sent out to customers,
very little mention that FN are taking No hit at all but just dropping the commission,
and no mention at all that the Taxi driver putting his life at risk is actually the one who suffers financially.
I could rephrase their email fer them (in red);
Helping medical workers get where they need to be
50% off taxis for our Healthcare Heroes paid out of Taxi drivers pockets while FN staff cocoon safely at home behind closed doors.
Ireland is currently facing an unprecedented challenge with the onset of COVID-19. Our healthcare heroes not us FN staff are playing a vital role on the frontline and together with drivers who are also on the frontline we want to support them from our FN homes and places of safety.
That's why "we" are launching a joint initiative with drivers offering all healthcare professionals 50% off their essential trips. We FN don't charge the usual 15% commission and the Taxi driver risking his life takes the lions share of the hit of 35% off the fare.
'Together', we want to make sure that all healthcare professionals can get where they need to be as quickly and easily as possible. ..........
Thanking you all fer your time and when this is over our FN team will reemerge from our places of safety to provide you with the best Taxi app service in the country, the Taxi drivers who currently serve you are no longer allowed in to our offices but they should be ok to look after your journey. We at FN do not provide any of our drivers with any type of PPE or sanitizers, nor do we at FN offer our drivers any type of benefit if they get sick with the virus or God forbid Die.
Thanks,
The FREE NOW team.
Fairplay Belkar ,People need to know what type of nasty company they are, and how dare they do that to drivers working and to humiliate them ,even though they robots.They broke all rules doing what they did in profiteering from media attention.Id say there I.T geeks are planing a response soon from a directive from Germany.Pure GREED and RECKLESS
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Yeah fair play ken and yeah a letter to the media explaining from a drivers point of view wouldn't go a miss either. I understand some drivers simply have to work to cover overheads, I'm not one of them thank god, but this crowd effectively forcing them to do double shifts, risking their lives and their loved ones just to stay afloat. Its wrong on so many levels.
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here for fuck's sake the elephant in the room.
taxi drivers are essential workers just like the nurses and the doctors.
I believe every nurse and doctor has taken a 50% pay cut.
and of course all the freenow employees have donated 50% of their wages to whatever the fuck.
they've flown too close to the gick this time with all their bollocks.
nobody was sent any fuckin corolla virus driver survey.
who the fuck would vote for their wage to be slashed.
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What the fuck are you all whinging about? none of you are working so it doesn't affect you
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Any of you avail of the offer to take the taxi status off your cars and get a refund ?
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What the fuck are you all whinging about? none of you are working so it doesn't affect you
Hey,Roy we venting ourselves rofl rofl,
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Any of you avail of the offer to take the taxi status off your cars and get a refund ?
I think to messy to do that,Insurance yes but Taxi leave it alone.hopfully we be back for September.
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If you suspend the insurance you must inform NTA who will, in turn, suspend your licence.
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Well I done it no messing at all. I simply rang BJP who gave me a number for AXA in Derry, then took the taxi status off the policy I can still drive for pleasure, and personal use. Rang the NTA they broke the link . Ring us when you want to re-establish link . No problem
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Well I done it no messing at all. I simply rang BJP who gave me a number for AXA in Derry, then took the taxi status off the policy I can still drive for pleasure, and personal use. Rang the NTA they broke the link . Ring us when you want to re-establish link . No problem
what's the number and how much did you save % will suffice
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60% they told me that is the figure that anyone who rang gets off . So I was paying 185 a month , it's now 73 a month . But you have to ring the insurance each month around the 20th for as long as you want to continue it
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60% they told me that is the figure that anyone who rang gets off . So I was paying 185 a month , it's now 73 a month . But you have to ring the insurance each month around the 20th for as long as you want to continue it
Cool I'll be on to that in the morning, what's the derry number?
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60% they told me that is the figure that anyone who rang gets off . So I was paying 185 a month , it's now 73 a month . But you have to ring the insurance each month around the 20th for as long as you want to continue it
Might be a stupid question but does it hit your no claims if you drop the taxi insurance for a month or two?
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I wouldn't have thought so, but the rat would probably be a better man to ask on that front
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60% they told me that is the figure that anyone who rang gets off . So I was paying 185 a month , it's now 73 a month . But you have to ring the insurance each month around the 20th for as long as you want to continue it
Might be a stupid question but does it hit your no claims if you drop the taxi insurance for a month or two?
No ....you are changing it to private domestic temporarily because of extraordinary circumstances and a pandemic that has caused you to be out of work and why the government is paying you 350 a month to stay at home so you dont spread it and kill people..
If they try to take advantage....a simple court case would
Clear things up ...you wouldnt even need a solicitor to win yur case
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Well I met with no resistance from AXA, so no problem
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Still getting on to media, the Geeks in the bunker in Lwr mount St teasing the robots
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Well I met with no resistance from AXA, so no problem
Aviva the same
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I rang Axa today to get a haircut on me insurance, lady took my details and said the Taxi line will ring me back.
Will drop down to private use (thanks DM) and based on 60% should save approx
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It's back!
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Still getting on to media, the Geeks in the bunker in Lwr mount St teasing the robots
I decided to Fuck off got a pain in me flute 12 years after Roys site started same shite .People trying to justify why the do discounts other lads against dispatchers .Somebody posts this and you all miss the fucking point but whats new .Try looking at whats in front of you and stop posting crap that was already posted. LOOK .Do you see it DO YOU SEE IT .All you see is the Medical bit but ignore the important bit .The FARE IS FIXED thats what they are trialing fixed fares .I fucking told you this but nobody ever listened .You gave them the Information they will run an algorithm and when the passenger imputs the pick up and drop off they will offer fixed fares you will do them until they have enough hacks or goons to cover them and they drop you ..Now in going back int isolation from here .STAY SAFE .
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Lower fares long term are no use to Fuk'd Now. They will want higher % commission from ongoing fare reviews.
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Lower fares long term are no use to Fuk'd Now. They will want higher % commission from ongoing fare reviews.
They will own more of the market smaller commission from more jobs =more coin Do any of you know how to busk .
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Watch the Kesh Squealing like slaughtered Swine and turning on Joe who told them Free Now were great finding work for drivers for half price during the Lockdown, when they put a Million into advertising Free Now fixed fares to the airport . rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl Remember who it was who introduced Hailo to you all and remember who tried to warn you .
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I dont have a fucking link but I do have a brain
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i suspended my insurance until further notice, will be using another car so will be refunded by my insurer when my renewal is up.
rang the NTA and broke the link, they want me to send an email to them and post the tamper proof discs back to Galway, i should have kept my mouth shut as if i do, i will have to get them put on again, the centre is a good drive from where i live. the taxi is going to be parked up anyway so what difference does it make sending the discs back?
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It's back!
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Still getting on to media, the Geeks in the bunker in Lwr mount St teasing the robots
I decided to Fuck off got a pain in me flute 12 years after Roys site started same shite .People trying to justify why the do discounts other lads against dispatchers .Somebody posts this and you all miss the fucking point but whats new .Try looking at whats in front of you and stop posting crap that was already posted. LOOK .Do you see it DO YOU SEE IT .All you see is the Medical bit but ignore the important bit .The FARE IS FIXED thats what they are trialing fixed fares .I fucking told you this but nobody ever listened .You gave them the Information they will run an algorithm and when the passenger imputs the pick up and drop off they will offer fixed fares you will do them until they have enough hacks or goons to cover them and they drop you ..Now in going back int isolation from here .STAY SAFE .
An hour since I posted this and nobody commented .Where are all the usual mouths where are the usual know alls who think washing your hands is the answer .
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It's back!
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Still getting on to media, the Geeks in the bunker in Lwr mount St teasing the robots
I decided to Fuck off got a pain in me flute 12 years after Roys site started same shite .People trying to justify why the do discounts other lads against dispatchers .Somebody posts this and you all miss the fucking point but whats new .Try looking at whats in front of you and stop posting crap that was already posted. LOOK .Do you see it DO YOU SEE IT .All you see is the Medical bit but ignore the important bit .The FARE IS FIXED thats what they are trialing fixed fares .I fucking told you this but nobody ever listened .You gave them the Information they will run an algorithm and when the passenger imputs the pick up and drop off they will offer fixed fares you will do them until they have enough hacks or goons to cover them and they drop you ..Now in going back int isolation from here .STAY SAFE .
An hour since I posted this and nobody commented .Where are all the usual mouths where are the usual know alls who think washing your hands is the answer .
Unfortunately there are drivers out there desperate enough to take fixed fares.
and that level of desperation is nothing compared to what we will see in a few months..
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When they take the Airport with fixed fares and they will .The arseholes who invited them in will have a lot to answer for .Some Rep bodies actually congratulated Free Now for their 50% off promotion .Same people who locked drivers out of the airport, going to be fun watching them trying to square that circle .As forcasted Free Now have workcapture they own the business .Some operators with their own client base will survive but 40% of drivers will leave this industry in 5 years and be replaced by profit share fleet owners like Free now you drive their car and share the takings until they go driverless .If I was under 40 I would get out of this game even go on the dole there is no future in it .
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Watch the Kesh Squealing like slaughtered Swine and turning on Joe who told them Free Now were great finding work for drivers for half price during the Lockdown, when they put a Million into advertising Free Now fixed fares to the airport . rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl Remember who it was who introduced Hailo to you all and remember who tried to warn you .
It was Dave,Bill and Dermot who brought the wrath of the Germans on us with Breadvans and Bollywood cabs rofl rofl rofl rofl.The Kesh will be gone soon, be pay as you go, with climate change and save the planet laws, as why have empty taxi going back into town empty???.Freenow will do a deal fixed fare from Airport to all destinations its coming fast and now is DAA chance as business is slow .Many things will change after Covid19 passes 100%..Maybe a idea is we ask freenow can we use the airport.
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The one fact I keep trying to make is (and I'm puzzled why none of you can see it ) John talks about F/N owning the game everyone else talks about the fear they have of the Germans being here, others talk about the discounts they hate, new rule changes brought in by dispatchers, etc etc , but the one thing that seems to escape you all is this, if they don't have any drivers how can they do these things your all so afraid of ? I'm not with any of them , but it doesn't stop me making a living now if you imagine EVERYONE stop using them, YOU can continue, but can they ??
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The one fact I keep trying to make is (and I'm puzzled why none of you can see it ) John talks about F/N owning the game everyone else talks about the fear they have of the Germans being here, others talk about the discounts they hate, new rule changes brought in by dispatchers, etc etc , but the one thing that seems to escape you all is this, if they don't have any drivers how can they do these things your all so afraid of ? I'm not with any of them , but it doesn't stop me making a living now if you imagine EVERYONE stop using them, YOU can continue, but can they ??
No Paul they wont stop using them .Free Now with Joes help lobbied for easier tests .WHY ? because they need licenced drivers to drive their vans on shift to carry THEIR customers THE ONES WE RECRUITED FOR THEM .Pity Roys site is GONE it contained all the data .Remember the original Review it said A1 WHEELIES but then the REPS ASKED help the lads who only have wheelie plates they cant afford to supply the A1 standard so the taxithingey obliged and we got breadvans instead .It is now as cheaper to enter the trade with a part worn Breadvan than it was with a Six and a bit Saloon licence and 9 year old banger .WHY because the REPS asked for it .From pre dereg to today this industry was ruined by Reps who lacked Vision ,Intelligence ,Guile ,Simple Politican nouce to know how to play the Game .Look at the result of the review after the Reps had a go at fixing the industry .We lost the value of our plates ,we got nine year rule ,we got cheapest entry ever into the industry ,we got Stickers and suitability we got shafted .
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I dunno if the higher-spec wheelies were a great idea.They're not cheap at all.How would we get 40 grand loans if we struggle to get 25k loans for saloons.
The harder geography test was the only real barrier to entry that you couldn't get around by having a rich uncle or a pension from a previous employment.
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Well there is a strong belief out there that the test is not a problem for the foreigners. Considering some of them cannot even speak English, you cannot dismiss this belief
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Belief and facts are two different things.Sure there are blokes on here who think we should all be double jobbing and that the virus is all a big conspiracy to sell more bog roll.Taxi drivers are full of shit mostly.
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I reduced my jobs with them after the 15% hike by turning it off during peak hours and when in the city centre.
Only really use it when in the sticks now.
I categorically will not do another job for them if it's fixed fares from now on.
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I dunno if the higher-spec wheelies were a great idea.They're not cheap at all.How would we get 40 grand loans if we struggle to get 25k loans for saloons.
The harder geography test was the only real barrier to entry that you couldn't get around by having a rich uncle or a pension from a previous employment.
That was the point the cost would act as a barrier to entry .They got end of life on existing wheelies but the cunts still moaned and opened the floodgates .The clever operators got plates before the review they knew Saloon plates were going to be stopped Plata under the bed or scrap the van get a saloon buy a plate .
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Well there is a strong belief out there that the test is not a problem for the foreigners. Considering some of them cannot even speak English, you cannot dismiss this belief
The test is simple its designed to be passed I told you about 30% of the answers appear in the questiond Question 1 on what street is Dail Eireann .Question 18 how do you get from Dail Eireann on Merrion Street to the RDS .Question 70 How do you get from RDS Merrion Road to Arus An uchtarain . and so on just answer the questions you know then come back to the othere with what you learned while donig the test .I got 100% on my Geography test it took me 9 minutes .When I put me hand up to show I was finished the gard thought I wanted to ask a question .When I did the Certified drivers test I got 98% got I question wrong that was on the boot capacity .
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John you did the easy test.Not the same one.
Anyway my point about 40k wheelies is most of us wouldn't be on the road if that was the entry cost except for driving a rental.
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John you did the easy test.Not the same one.
Anyway my point about 40k wheelies is most of us wouldn't be on the road if that was the entry cost except for driving a rental.
The 40k Wheelies only applied to new entrants or existing drivers renewing .It was the existing drivers renewing less than a few 100 who moaned and opened the floodgates .
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I remember suggesting the mini wheelies as a solution because of they were available in the UK.It actually SOLVED the wheelchair shortage so that's one less thing for us all to think about.Some of the daft stuff being suggested ten years ago was all based on increasing the vehicle costs which only pushes newbies into rentals or cosying.
How the hell would any of us get 40k off the banks in the current climate.The job would have been only accessible to pensioners/redundancy blokes and those with no kids/mortgage.Bit short sighted IMO.
By keeping the test tougher lads have to put a bit of work in.When I say tougher I mean a pass rate back to 80% where it was.Anyway the damage is done.This is all old ground.
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Read the payback tread Merc we are going to be hit with a 1930s style recession .Your coffee shops restaurants dial a dish kips are all going to stay closed bus or bike will be the prefered mode of affordable transport Taxi will be a luxury as I said earlier 40% of owner drivers or renters will dissappear .Free now or Vinni will control most of the business with rideshare in rural Ireland .I wonder how many people will want to drive a taxi when it all goes cashless with every transaction recorded for revenue purposes .We have 5 years at best as independent operators anybody under 40 should be looking to get out .After costs its a minimum wage job at best .
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Or maybe it won't be all that bad
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Or maybe it won't be all that bad
You will probably be ok you built up a client base .Taxi men taxidrivers businessmen .
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Well I'd willingly sarafice all what John said to see the death of radio , and app dispatchers it's then, and only then will you believe they were never needed in the first place
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Well I'd willingly sarafice all what John said to see the death of radio , and app dispatchers it's then, and only then will you believe they were never needed in the first place
Are you mixing your meds again .Big Dommo lives in the flats well I say flats but its a penthouse in Killiney .When he is going out in his Louie Copeland and handmade ones and .He dosent want to be standing around so he says to himself I will contact a dispatcher to send a cab to pick me up I will pay my fare and I will pay an extra 2 euro for the service .What part of that do you struggle to understand .
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Here is the part I struggle with John. There are so many fukin taxis , that all Dommo has to do is open his front door, stick his hand out, and within 5 seconds Dommo will be on his way also he will save himself 2 euro, and most importantly he's sure he won't be left waiting on the promise of some Hungary cunt who is supposed to be on his way, but actually takes another fare on the way to Dommo, now what part of that are YOU struggling with ?
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Here is the part I struggle with John. There are so many fukin taxis , that all Dommo has to do is open his front door, stick his hand out, and within 5 seconds Dommo will be on his way also he will save himself 2 euro, and most importantly he's sure he won't be left waiting on the promise of some Hungary cunt who is supposed to be on his way, but actually takes another fare on the way to Dommo, now what part of that are YOU struggling with ?
You take a job to pick up Big Dommo YOU PICK UP BIG DOMMO .How would you stick your hand out of a penthouse appartment and get a taxi .Lets say Sharon Mulligan or Ester Finnigan were accompanying Dommo to his local for gargle and a social smoke in the smoking area and it was precipitous the young ladies would not want to get their hairdoes wet while waiting Dommo is a Gent he wouldnt begrudge the girls an extra two euro taxi fare .
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And by the time Dommos taxi turned up after all the cancellations the girls would be OAPS, and Dommo would most probably retired. At least that's what I hear from customers all the time who got a pain in their bollox waiting for dispatched taxis to turn yp
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Somethings ya can't fix.
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I'd be a long time waiting outside my house for a taxi, my 2 kids use FN, like the service it provides and will continue to do so, there is a need for a dispatch service and from this drivers point of view a pay per job system is far superior to a weekly freight.
I think FN are smart enough to realise drivers are fickle and if the jobs on offer aren't as lucrative as what is available elsewhere or on the street they will move on, FN are in the sales business and we are there customers, their aim is to strike the balance between what the drivers want and what the passengers will accept.
The current offer for front line medical staff is to generate a bit of business at a time when there is very little going and to jump on the "hospital staff are heroes" bandwagon.
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The medical people are probably the only ones commanding a really good salary at the moment, and as such are the LAST group of people who need discounted taxi fares. That is not a critizem of them, just an observation. It's a little bit Murphy's letter to his ma. He was explaining to her that in order to get a loan from the bank, the manager explained to him that he had to first prove he didn't need it
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@ Dalymount, Dunno if it's you but I think you live near Beaumont.
What about somewhere like Beaumont Woods or Collinswood? They're huge estates. If you live down the back of those places, it's a good 15-20min walk up to the main road. People like that would gladly pay €2 for a taxi to drive to their front door.
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Some healthcare workers might be well paid but many are not, DM.
One of my Free Now regulars is a young lady from Darndale to that plush new nursing home on Tonlegee Road that charges billions of euros a week and she has told me she earns little more than minimum wage. In fact she earned more in her previous job as a mobile carer but needed transport for that so opted to take a cut in wages for a nursing home job. One of the reasons she springs to mind is she's one of those people who has found their true calling. Yes she complains about the long hours, night shifts and poor pay but when she talks about the people she is caring for her enthusiasm for the job is clear. For example, on one occasion she asked me to stop at the chemist on the way... after going in she explains that she just wanted to get a birthday present for an old lady who has been institutionalised for her entire life, courtesy of the RCC - she was born in the "care" of the Magdalene Sisters and subsequently committed to an asylum for no good reason - anywaysanall the old woman was holding a tea party for all her friends (in round numbers zero) so the carer went out of her way, at her own expense, to make sure she received a birthday present. I may be wrong but I very much doubt she handed in her notice because she could get 3 and a half ton on the dole for doing fuck all to help anyone. Just one example of an essential worker most of us are refusing to serve.
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If the government need more taxis they'll tell the NTA to ask us to go back on the road.I'm sure many of us would be glad to help out for free of it was actually needed.Plenty of lads working away.
In the UK they've got approximately ten times more deaths because of this Corona shite.How do you know the lads choosing to stay at home haven't been a part of the curve flattening that we've achieved so far?
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They may be but the lads working are probably a greater part... The UK has 13 times the population of Ireland so less deaths per capita... Another interesting point, I was talking with an acquaintance from London yesterday who tested positive a couple of weeks ago. He got his results the day after he was tested not 3 weeks after death!
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Just a quick Google .....and as of now the UK have 8000 deaths and Ireland has 263 approximately...That's 30.41 times more deaths but they don't have 30.41 more times the population.Where's my medal for staying at home...
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I see the mistake you made, MfH. They have 10 times the number of cases which is less per capita. Given the difference in how long it takes to identify cases here and there they probably have significantly less than 10 times ours which obviously equates to significantly less per capita.
The higher death rate in the UK is interesting given it's vastly superior health service. There are bodies of research that suggest the BCG vaccine could be the answer to that. The suggestion is that BCG strengthened some relevant bit of the immune system or some such. We abandoned BCG approx 10 years after the UK, if memory serves.
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I see the mistake you made, MfH. They have 10 times the number of cases which is less per capita. Given the difference in how long it takes to identify cases here and there they probably have significantly less than 10 times ours which obviously equates to significantly less per capita.
The higher death rate in the UK is interesting given it's vastly superior health service. There are bodies of research that suggest the BCG vaccine could be the answer to that. The suggestion is that BCG strengthened some relevant bit of the immune system or some such. We abandoned BCG approx 10 years after the UK, if memory serves.
Can you substantiate that claim or is it just dragged up from a Bottle .
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Which claim?
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Which claim?
We abandoned BCG approx 10 years after the UK,
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No, it's open to correction. Like I said... "if memory serves"...
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I wasn't far off:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/bcg-tb-vaccine-questions-answers/ (https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/bcg-tb-vaccine-questions-answers/)
The BCG is no longer offered to children in secondary schools in the UK. It was replaced in 2005 with a targeted programme for babies, children and young adults at higher risk of TB.
This is because TB rates in this country are low in the general population.
https://www.hse.ie/eng/health/immunisation/news/bcg2018.html (https://www.hse.ie/eng/health/immunisation/news/bcg2018.html)
The BCG vaccine has not been administered routinely to babies in Ireland since 2015 due to global stock issues.
The National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) expert committee of the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland makes recommendations on vaccination policy.
The National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) and the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) have both recommended that BCG vaccine does not now need to be given routinely to all children in Ireland.
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I wasn't far off:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/bcg-tb-vaccine-questions-answers/ (https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/bcg-tb-vaccine-questions-answers/)
The BCG is no longer offered to children in secondary schools in the UK. It was replaced in 2005 with a targeted programme for babies, children and young adults at higher risk of TB.
This is because TB rates in this country are low in the general population.
https://www.hse.ie/eng/health/immunisation/news/bcg2018.html (https://www.hse.ie/eng/health/immunisation/news/bcg2018.html)
The BCG vaccine has not been administered routinely to babies in Ireland since 2015 due to global stock issues.
The National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) expert committee of the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland makes recommendations on vaccination policy.
The National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) and the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) have both recommended that BCG vaccine does not now need to be given routinely to all children in Ireland.
Does not far off mean Wrong .
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2015 - 2005 = 10. Hope that helps.
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Corona cases would be relative to numbers tested.The death rate would be the one that would concern me.Most of the population will get this but the lack of ventilators will be what decides if you live or not.
They're picking and choosing already who gets the ventilators depending on your age and or other illnesses.
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Corona cases would be relative to numbers tested.The death rate would be the one that would concern me.Most of the population will get this but the lack of ventilators will be what decides if you live or not.
They're picking and choosing already who gets the ventilators depending on your age and or other illnesses.
"Most of the population will get this" What exactly are you basing that on ? and "They're picking and choosing already who gets the ventilators depending on your age and or other illnesses" what makes you think this?
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The HSE have already said 60/70% of the population will be infected.
It's policy now in hospitals all over the world where there are more patients than ventilators they will grade each patient depending on their ages and other illnesses.They won't put that on the news because it's a horrible way to be taken out.
So if you have an another illness or are a lifelong smoker with a related respiratory problem or just a fat bollix (most of us)you'll get second preference on the machines to a younger bloke more likely to survive it without other ailments.
That probably sounds mental but they have a duty to keep the maximum number of people alive.So probably best for us taxi drivers to stay out of hospital.
I find that much more believable than the lads trying to say it's all overblown bullshit.
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.Its simple but we dont like to admit .People are only economic units they earn between the ages of 18 and 66 .Children are to expensive for a country to breed their own with school and childrens allowances and childcare so we have immigration import ready to work people from overseas .Life is a conveyor belt .Thats why they invented Heaven give you something to look forward to when society dosent need you anymore .Survival of the Strongest.Fittest ,Richest in that order .Dont be surprised if the issue of Euthanasia comes onto the Political agenda .
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I'ts mad The H.S.E. hitherto a joke! an overpriced overmanaged mess has now become the fountain of all knowledge, pulling figures out of their asses which everyone now accepts unquestioningly. even when they keep changing those same numbers .. It's amazing how they simultaneously know so much and so little. rofl
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Devil what I find amazing is the early School leaver Harris was an Inept useless Minister in Fact it was the threat of a No confidence vote in him triggered a General election but now he is the Go 2 Guy .Look at the figures for empty hospital beds as the Staff are all engaged in Covid Work .So obviously there is a huge lack of staff to cater for other patients .I suppose operating theatres are closed down .be interesting to see the sums did covid 19 cost the HSE more money or did they actually save money by keeping those beds empty .
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HSE have made it clear from the outset that the virus must spread through the entire population. That's the only way to build what they call community immunity, whatever that means. The objective has always been to manage the spread, hopefully in accordance with available medical resources.
I haven't heard of a shortage of ventilators in Ireland or the UK or of such choices being made to date, MfH. All jurisdictions are, of course, concerned about future demand. However, HSE has tracked Hector Grey down to a shed in China via a popular online auction site and has ordered millions of bits and pieces including ventilators which they hope will work or at least look like they work for the TV cameras. No shortage of hungry cunts in Aer Lingus applying for the 25 hour shifts to collect the shite either.
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There's a world wide shortage on ventilators.They had some ventilator reverse engineering expo in Galway a couple of weeks ago so nerdy blokes could try and make their own out of household materials.
Tesla have made one out of their car parts so that they can scale up production rapidly.Lots of other car makers done similar.
One of the ventilator manufacturers have released the patents and made their design open source.There will only be a shortage if they don't flatten the famous curve.
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I know there's a shortage in terms of predicted requirements but I haven't heard of anyone who needs one not getting it in Ireland or in the UK. The UK put some sort of consortium of manufacturers together and your man that redesigned the Hoover developed one over there so they'll probably get to grips with what they need... and we have planeloads of stuff coming from China which (subject to testing) could meet our requirements.
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Someone told me, that a nurse told them, that ventilators are single person use, and are scrapped after each patient has recovered or otherwise.
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That seems highly unlikely to me. The Mother in Law was on a home ventilator for years so I'm reasonably familiar with how those ones are set up. I can't see any good reason for throwing the machine away, the filters and tubes would obviously be replaced.
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Devil what I find amazing is the early School leaver Harris was an Inept useless Minister in Fact it was the threat of a No confidence vote in him triggered a General election but now he is the Go 2 Guy .Look at the figures for empty hospital beds as the Staff are all engaged in Covid Work .So obviously there is a huge lack of staff to cater for other patients .I suppose operating theatres are closed down .be interesting to see the sums did covid 19 cost the HSE more money or did they actually save money by keeping those beds empty .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-5zEb1oS9A (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-5zEb1oS9A)
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Devil what I find amazing is the early School leaver Harris was an Inept useless Minister in Fact it was the threat of a No confidence vote in him triggered a General election but now he is the Go 2 Guy .Look at the figures for empty hospital beds as the Staff are all engaged in Covid Work .So obviously there is a huge lack of staff to cater for other patients .I suppose operating theatres are closed down .be interesting to see the sums did covid 19 cost the HSE more money or did they actually save money by keeping those beds empty .
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-5zEb1oS9A[/url] ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-5zEb1oS9A[/url])
lol
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Devil what I find amazing is the early School leaver Harris was an Inept useless Minister in Fact it was the threat of a No confidence vote in him triggered a General election but now he is the Go 2 Guy .Look at the figures for empty hospital beds as the Staff are all engaged in Covid Work .So obviously there is a huge lack of staff to cater for other patients .I suppose operating theatres are closed down .be interesting to see the sums did covid 19 cost the HSE more money or did they actually save money by keeping those beds empty .
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-5zEb1oS9A[/url] ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-5zEb1oS9A[/url])
It's a crazy world we live in >:D
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Well I'd willingly sarafice all what John said to see the death of radio , and app dispatchers it's then, and only then will you believe they were never needed in the first place
DM just to clarify, most dispatchers were orginally established to meet the demand for cab services due to a severe lack of taxis. The taxi plate industry in Dublin at the time was a closed shop. It refused to enter negotiations on the issuing of new plates that were needed to meet the demands of a growing city and population.
That shortsightedness, fear of change and/or greed gave the dispatchers a foothold with the use of hackneys, where there was no restrictions on issuing new plates.
In addition dispatch or app work is not work stolen from taxis. It is private hire work which traditonally was covered by hackneys. So if one wanted to be bitchy about it taxi drivers covering dispatcher or app work is in fact taking the private hire work from hackneys.
Your idea that passengers dont need dispatchers might have some merit in a city centre. Much like black cabs and yellow cabs in London and New York.
These cities have thriving private hire dispatch industries. That for most part dont mix.
I also aree with what John M said about the demand in the suburbs where there is not a constant flow of taxis going past and almost no ranks to speak of.
I might suggest that we are all 'SPSV' drivers that choose to drive a particular type of licenced vehicle as in limousine, hackney or taxi. So none of us are really taxi drivers.
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U Wha explain this to me then. Why do taxi drivers act as though they were employees of these companies, rather then self employed drivers.. why do they permit these companies to offer discounts to the public on their behalf. Why do they agree to adhere rules instructingthem what to wear, what to charge, and worst allowing themselves to be chastised like school children in they step out of line. I have never in my life seen anything like it. And I STILL say these gangsters are not needed in the industry. Like you said in your first line Dublin might have suffered from a lack of taxis years ago pre dereg, but now there is more fukin taxis then there are people . Every second car on the road is a taxi, and the NTA want another 1600 probably because their was bent by the very scumbags you seek to defend
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I get your point that self employed drivers are actually the dispatchers customer. The passengers are the drivers customers.
However Like I said the dispatchers/Apps meet a particular demand. People tend to make the least effort possible, as in calling a dispatcher or pressing a buttons on an app while sitting in comfort until the taxi arrives. So the dispatchers and apps are here to stay.
Your ideological and puritanical mindset about taxis being taxis and that drivers should only operate by way of a hail or off a rank is fine and you are entitled to that belief. Taxis dont have to work with dispatchers or apps but most choose to and remember when they do they are taking private hire work not street or rank work.
Also from an economical and business point of view you must meet the customers needs. Passengers 'want' the convenience of the dispatchers or apps. Nothing we can do about that.
As for drivers accepting discounts and 'rules' from the apps they are prepared to accept that in exchange for the perception of consistency of work from the dispatchers and apps. Ideally drives would show
solidarity and negotiate with one voice. They had that once pre dereg and look at what happened as a result. Also as you point out yourself spsv drivers are not employees so a true union mentality is hard to foster. It would be like shop keepers uniting against wholesalers, it wouldnt really work as they are competitors and are self interested. It is the same for spsv drivers.
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Two great posts u Wha .Absolutely to the point .
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I totally respect your point of view, but I will NEVER accept that dispatchers are vital to the industry.
One major reason alone is, the fact that taxis can operate without them, but they cannot operate without taxis, and inspite of that fact, taxi drivers have over power , and control of THEIR industry, to these would be employers.
As far as I'm concerned, the only function of a taxi dispatch firm is to provide work to the drivers who pay them to do so.
How dare they tell drivers what to charge, what to wear, and this is the one I can NEVER get my head around.
Drivers are paying them to provide work right ,?
I a particular job arises, and the driver doesn't fancy it , (say ) it's haevly discounted, these people actually DISCIPLINE that driver for giving back that job.how dare they do that.
There are two other points I'd make.do you deny that there is constantly work going out the back door to base controllers cronies ?
Point two is the bully boy tactics employed by some of the drivers who work with these companies, to protect the areas they work particularly hotel pickups .I have withness these tactics being used against an independent driver who dared to pick up at a hotel by the drivers of a certain swords based company who continuesly camp illegally in the car parks of a lot of Dublin hotels.there is loads more but what's the point.the NTA enforcement have been aware of it for years ,but will do FA about it
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That seems highly unlikely to me. The Mother in Law was on a home ventilator for years so I'm reasonably familiar with how those ones are set up. I can't see any good reason for throwing the machine away, the filters and tubes would obviously be replaced.
If used at home it was more likely a bipap machine which uses a mask rather than a ventilator which require intubation, either way only the tubing/mask needs to be replaced for new patients, thankfully is has been shown corona virus does not survive standard sterilization procedures
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That seems highly unlikely to me. The Mother in Law was on a home ventilator for years so I'm reasonably familiar with how those ones are set up. I can't see any good reason for throwing the machine away, the filters and tubes would obviously be replaced.
If used at home it was more likely a bipap machine which uses a mask rather than a ventilator which require intubation, either way only the tubing/mask needs to be replaced for new patients, thankfully is has been shown corona virus does not survive standard sterilization procedures
I agree. My Mam had a nebulizer which worked in that way.
A hospital ventilator requires induced coma for intubation.
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It was tubes the mother in laws one had. I think they went up her nose... still have some (sterile packed), great for bleeding brakes. I remember an acquaintance was kipping on the couch one night... over breakfast he says what's that fucking machine that's making the racket in the hall... Ms breathing machine, says I... thank fuck I didn't unplug her, says he, you shoulda told me before you went to bed 'cos I kinda thought it was some sort of air puffier for your OCD.
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Two great posts u Wha .Absolutely to the point .
Totally accurate, to the point, totally agree.
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Of course you'd agree, sure aren't you a champion of free now, the same company who practically had drivers working for nothing in dangerous circumstances I might add
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I agree with U Wha against your repetitive intolerable ramblings DM.
The man speaks sense, you speak with hate in your heart.
I did Champion Hailo/MT/FN fer many years but not anymore,
this last year they have shown their true colours and I don't like them.
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I agree with U Wha against your repetitive intolerable ramblings DM.
The man speaks sense, you speak with hate in your heart.
I did Champion Hailo/MT/FN fer many years but not anymore,
this last year they have shown their true colours and I don't like them.
So you've finally seen sense, ya took yer time
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Will be interesting to see if you will go back to them when this is all over and your right I do speak with hate in my heart . Hate for dispatchers who would encourage drivers to work in the present dangerous circumstances., Your buddy Kearns claimed in a recent interview when asked, he said maybe I should close my doors as well, but did he do it ? He did and my bollox
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Will be interesting to see if you will go back to them when this is all over and your right I do speak with hate in my heart . Hate for dispatchers who would encourage drivers to work in the present dangerous circumstances., Your buddy Kearns claimed in a recent interview when asked, he said maybe I should close my doors as well, but did he do it ? He did and my bollox
DISPATCHERS,UNIONS,TAXI COUNCIL,NTA ALL IN BED TOGETHER THINKING OF WAYS TO GET MONEY FROM US....SCUM THE LOT
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Very true, and all as bad as each other. The point I continue to harp on about is collectively drivers out number all of these people put together, but instead of using that stranght, they would rather roll over and die. Look at the way the few(dispatchers) rule the many ( drivers) and why, ? Because drivers won't stand up to them and tell them to go fukk themselves when they start offering discounts to the public on their behalf.
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Very true, and all as bad as each other. The point I continue to harp on about is collectively drivers out number all of these people put together, but instead of using that stranght, they would rather roll over and die. Look at the way the few(dispatchers) rule the many ( drivers) and why, ? Because drivers won't stand up to them and tell them to go fukk themselves when they start offering discounts to the public on their behalf.
Well Dalymount we think the same,I work the streets and not giving anyone a % of the money i make .Ill hunt the work not being lazy pressing buttons on a phone.I did notice that when i was doing MYTAXI that I made less money .The average for 60 jobs was never over €400 after fuel and expenses so I stopped it ,Greedy leeches suck the blood from you.
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Imagine men allowing themselves to be graded like school children, DEGRADED more like
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I think what DM and others fail to understand/realise is that the passengers are the employers, not us or the dispatchers and if we take a job via the dispatcher we are merely sub contractors and must follow the rules laid down by both the contractor and the passenger, I pass work on to friends in the business and if they fail to live up to basic requirements (be nice) I'll complain and possibly not pass on any more jobs, to say I'd have no right to complain or to possibly sanction the driver is ludicrous
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Your right the passengers ARE the employers, and We employ the dispatcher. When the passenger is not happy with our performance, as our employer, they have a right to give us the 3rd degree . When we are not happy with the dispatcher, WE as being their employers, have a right to give THEM the 3rd degree but in this case you want the tail to wag the dog. You want the dispatcher (who the drivers employ) to lay down the law to us
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Your right the passengers ARE the employers, and We employ the dispatcher. When the passenger is not happy with our performance, as our employer, they have a right to give us the 3rd degree . When we are not happy with the dispatcher, WE as being their employers, have a right to give THEM the 3rd degree but in this case you want the tail to wag the dog. You want the dispatcher (who the drivers employ) to lay down the law to us
Time to get a CD player, or an MP3, or an Itunes subscription, they don't have needles which get stuck.
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Ya mean ya don't have one already ?
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Is it a coincidence that the Discount is only offered here and UK ,countries where UBER offer little or no opposition--yet Germany their native country has no such offer---whats the story here are UBER getting any traction?
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No it's just that Irish taxi drivers accept any shite thrown at them by dispatchers
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Your right the passengers ARE the employers, and We employ the dispatcher. When the passenger is not happy with our performance, as our employer, they have a right to give us the 3rd degree . When we are not happy with the dispatcher, WE as being their employers, have a right to give THEM the 3rd degree but in this case you want the tail to wag the dog. You want the dispatcher (who the drivers employ) to lay down the law to us
No, The employer (passenger) employs the dispatcher on the terms offered by the dispatcher and the sub contractor (driver) accepts the job on those terms, if the contractor (dispatcher) or the employer (passenger) are unhappy with how the driver behaves they both or either can reprimand the driver.
So the driver operates the job based on the terms laid down by the dispatcher, previously agreed by the passenger at the time of the booking
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DISPATCHERS,UNIONS,TAXI COUNCIL,NTA ALL IN BED TOGETHER THINKING OF WAYS TO GET MONEY FROM US....SCUM THE LOT
To be fair, if it wasn't for Vinny Kearns we wouldn't have got the then €203, now €350.
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DISPATCHERS,UNIONS,TAXI COUNCIL,NTA ALL IN BED TOGETHER THINKING OF WAYS TO GET MONEY FROM US....SCUM THE LOT
To be fair, if it wasn't for Vinny Kearns we wouldn't have got the then €203, now €350.
Is Vinny paying for it out of his own pocket?
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DISPATCHERS,UNIONS,TAXI COUNCIL,NTA ALL IN BED TOGETHER THINKING OF WAYS TO GET MONEY FROM US....SCUM THE LOT
To be fair, if it wasn't for Vinny Kearns we wouldn't have got the then €203, now €350.
Are all the drivers he works for getting It?
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DISPATCHERS,UNIONS,TAXI COUNCIL,NTA ALL IN BED TOGETHER THINKING OF WAYS TO GET MONEY FROM US....SCUM THE LOT
To be fair, if it wasn't for Vinny Kearns we wouldn't have got the then €203, now €350.
Why ? What did he do ?
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Vinny that wants more saloon plates out there
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Vinny that wants more saloon plates out there
Vinny that wants more rent?
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He was the only one I heard on the wireless suggesting that we should qualify despite being classed as essential workers. Thankfully, the powers that be took heed.
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He was the only one I heard on the wireless suggesting that we should qualify despite being classed as essential workers. Thankfully, the powers that be took heed.
Well Fair Dinkum, I was on the Dog to him last week and he never mentioned that.
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Many of us had our COVID 19 form filled out well before Vinny ever got near a microphone.Nothing to do with him.
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Many of us had our COVID 19 form filled out well before Vinny ever got near a microphone.Nothing to do with him.
Was thinking that myself but couldn't be arsed going back over threads to find when and what Firefox said.
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He was the only one I heard on the wireless suggesting that we should qualify despite being classed as essential workers. Thankfully, the powers that be took heed.
Link?
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That's not true, Hal. He was fighting our case before the scheme was launched. Thankfully, the media still go to him every time they want drivers' perspective.