Did anyone get paid the 350 ?

[sore]

No Octy, first payment today. Don't really know why they robbed me of one weeks payment. I don't have appetite to argue with them, just thankful
its gone through at last.

[Shallowhal]

No Octy, first payment today. Don't really know why they robbed me of one weeks payment. I don't have appetite to argue with them, just thankful
its gone through at last.

You should still get 12 weeks payment....starting from today.

[Tony]

No Octy, first payment today. Don't really know why they robbed me of one weeks payment. I don't have appetite to argue with them, just thankful
its gone through at last.

You'll still get paid for the dozen weeks

[sore]

Thanks Hal, Tony!

[Horse]

Got it as well, thank fcuk.

[watty]

I didn't get the 1st weeks money either.  I think a few of us on here did a postal application on 19th March and got nothing.  Re-applied via computer last Tuesday and got the 350 today. 

It will be nice if it goes for 12 weeks but I can't imagine staying at home for that long.  And I suspect a lot of us self=employed will have to pay it back eventually.

[mercenary for hire]

 I noticed a lot of the media reports commenting on the cost to the taxpayer like it was some sort of surprise.The government closed down the economy not the workers.

350 a week is not a lot of money to stop us looting and eating our pets IMO.It will all get spent on heavily taxed shopping and off licence purchases.

It will be a good reset button for the when the public realise how much crap they were wasting their wages on.

[Lizzzy]

This is the third week, I can't see it lasting another 9. 

[dalymount]

I don't think we will have to pay it back watty, but I would imagine the scum that is driving the taxis, and claimiing at the same time will have to

[mercenary for hire]

^^^^Do you mean the restrictions or the free money Lizzzy?

[dalymount]

Hardly free money, that's what you pay your taxes , and PRSI  for

[mercenary for hire]

It's free money now but the next ten budgets will have a COVID tax or whatever they wanna call it.

[Tony]

Hardly free money, that's what you pay your taxes , and PRSI  for

Yis will still have to declare the 350 X 12 as a income when doing yisser taxes next year, in fairness its probably a little more than you normally declare but yill have no outhoings to balance the sheet so we will owe revenue millions

[watty]

Re paying it back... 

The Govt gave out the €350 "no questions asked" and said they'll sort it out later.  That's why you supposed to submit another official unemployment application within 6 or 12 weeks.  Then they'll start looking for your accounts, your savings (saving for a new taxi?), if your partner is full-time PAYE and if you're self-employed.  How many of us have a few grand (savings) in the bank to pay for insurance, tax bill and/or a new taxi?  I reckon SW would say you should spend that first before you claim to be unemployed & start looking for the 'dole' (in it's most general sense).

I'd say a lot of us wouldn't get unemployment assistance in the first place, that's why I think a lot of us will have to pay back the money.  My 2cents.

[Lizzzy]

^^^^Do you mean the restrictions or the free money Lizzzy?

Both, it's not as bad over here. I can see different counties being told to get back to work, earlier than Dublin or Cork.