Did anyone get paid the 350 ?

[dublin2018]

Yeah I hope so.I'll probably do the Job seekers application anyway just in case there's not much happening after the 12 weeks.

You'll be the first Taxi driver I know that gets jobseekers allowance

Law changed if you not working ,Self-employed you will get it .Taxi be along time coming back after this messing.Those Breadvans and Prius taxis hoover up all the little work that will be there.Then that FREENOW will offer NTA hundreds new VW caddy Breadvans to modernise the fleet as we be to broke to upgrade 100% will happen.Loads of people hold a PSV licence and are on the dole.Thats like saying a unemployed van driver can't claim anything.All means tested

Covid19 payment that your getting now is for the self employed, unemployment benefit (job seekers allowance)  isn't

I understand that but jobseekers will apply if taxi has no income, in which is 100% true.You can still claim jobseekers if you not working if you not linked to a vehicle

[mercenary for hire]

^^^^No not quite Theoneandonly, but the ten year rule is putting significant pressure on drivers to stay in the industry.I've a few bob I can borrow but family men with mortgages will be facing a new world of pain if they're only grossing a tenner an hour but needing 200/250 per week to break even.

They need to control the influx of new lads otherwise it could be a repeat of the bad years.Maybe it will fix itself.

[dalymount]

They certainly do need to get a handle on new entrants.just imagine the NTA are/were actively recruiting a further 1600 new drivers .hows that for not giving a bollox about men trying to make a living.I cant understand why theour so called reps are not up in arms,but as rat maintains most of them encourage this recruitment,indeed one in particular advised theNTA that 20,000 drivers had left the industry,and only stopped short of saying they needed to replenish the workforce

[Rat Catcher]

We'll lose some drivers to the virus... we've already lost two, RIP... one of whom hadn't driven for quite some time.

[taxi1990]

If you are applying for COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment, you will also need to apply for Jobseekers. Start your application now.



do we have to do this?

[Rat Catcher]

Benefit or Allowance?

[taxi1990]

Benefit or Allowance?

not sure, that is the exact line from mygovid site. I didnt fill it out, just sent off the emergency payment form.

[Rat Catcher]

Haven't applied yet myself, I'm gonna leave it for a couple of months, so I don't know if you have to specify which you are applying for or if Welfare just tell you which you can have, if any.

[Horse]

If you are applying for COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment, you will also need to apply for Jobseekers. Start your application now.



do we have to do this?

No you dont have to apply for job seekers.  I was talking to a woman on the phone yesterday and she said just ignore that bit.

[Billy boy]

Didn't know what to do with mine so I just filled it in and sent it back. Hopefully won't be looking for anything after the 12 weeks anyway.

[taxi1990]

Haven't applied yet myself, I'm gonna leave it for a couple of months, so I don't know if you have to specify which you are applying for or if Welfare just tell you which you can have, if any.

The payment might be gone in a couple of months. 

why are people who got say 200 euro a week wages getting 350 now?

[taxi1990]

If you are applying for COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment, you will also need to apply for Jobseekers. Start your application now.



do we have to do this?

No you dont have to apply for job seekers.  I was talking to a woman on the phone yesterday and she said just ignore that bit.

Cheers Horse. 

[Belker]

If you are applying for COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment, you will also need to apply for Jobseekers. Start your application now.

do we have to do this?

No you dont have to apply for job seekers.  I was talking to a woman on the phone yesterday and she said just ignore that bit.

Cheers Horse. 

Cheers Horse ! 

Good to see all the forum members working together fer what I guess is the First time ever !

[Horse]

I've always been helpful ken. I think I even remember helping you out on more than one occasion.

[dalymount]

Well I cant complain about being helped ether albeit in different circumstances.when I was in hospital,a member of this forum PMD me a few times.on one occasion he offered me the loan of a lap top while I was in there,and on occasion he offered to come over to my house when I got out to take me out for drives and a bit of fresh air.I was a very thoughtful gesture,and very much appreciated.the fact that this member PMD me rather then put it up here may indicate he did not want to be acknowledged,but I think its entirely appropriate that I take this opportunity to thank him properly now that we are talking about help from other forum members.that member was John M