Advice Please

[silverbullet]

Think about it are you still meeting the criteria to claim the coin .

There was a line added to the criteria since Leo spoke in the last couple of days.

"are genuinely seeking work"

I have applied for about 40 jobs since lockdown through Jobs .ie and indeed .No great demand for Fat old men .

Christmas is only around the corner!

Have ya still got Santa's wheelbarrow?

[john m]

JONNO it says ...Be self-employed and your trading income has ceased due to the COVID-19 public health emergency OR your trading income has collapsed to the extent that you are available to take up other full-time employment. You do not need to de-register as self-employed to get a payment.


Now Me and the Rat dissagree .I interpret these were CONDITIONS to qualify for Coin

 1.Be self-employed and your trading income has ceased due to the COVID-19 public health emergency ....You were observing the Governments best guess of Social distancing and in return they gave you coin .

2. your trading income has collapsed to the extent that you are available to take up other full-time employment.This is an instruction to look for alternative work .I would say if you lapse your taxi licence then you are no longer actively employed so you need to look for other work to qualify .

NB.You do not need to de-register as self-employed to get a payment...Now this is where the waters get muddy .There was no need to de register as self employed to get the Coin but could lapsing your licence mean you are no longer in employment and like all other unemployed people you need to be activly seeking employment .

[Shallowhal]

The criteria has changed,they want more people off the PUP.....they don't care if you get the scurvy.

[john m]

The criteria has changed,they want more people off the PUP.....they don't care if you get the scurvy.

Hal I posted this earlier .The man who hires casual labour recons they dont want us back until stage 4 .The problem with taxis driving all over the kip is traceability .We could pick up one person with the fever and spread it like fuck before we show any sign of infection .The NTA are happy with just a skeleton taxi service with most trips booked through apps or dispatchers that can be traced .Recon after September you will get a phone call asking when you are considering returning to work possibly asked to prove you are still a legal taxi or asked to prove you are activly seeking toil .

[Jonno]

The criteria has changed,they want more people off the PUP.....they don't care if you get the scurvy.

Hal I posted this earlier .The man who hires casual labour recons they dont want us back until stage 4 .The problem with taxis driving all over the kip is traceability .We could pick up one person with the fever and spread it like fuck before we show any sign of infection .The NTA are happy with just a skeleton taxi service with most trips booked through apps or dispatchers that can be traced .Recon after September you will get a phone call asking when you are considering returning to work possibly asked to prove you are still a legal taxi or asked to prove you are activly seeking toil .

Is there many taxis scooting around the capital these days, relative to what would have been around pre- covid? What percentage would you reckon have ventured back out at this point?

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[Shallowhal]

Well Wendy from the NTA who didn't really know what she wanted me to know who says that i don't have to create a driver link until i'm ready to go back to work even though my licence will be active from Friday...but as said before,if we all decided to return to the streets as per pre covid....even Roy would struggle to earn coin!!

[john m]

The criteria has changed,they want more people off the PUP.....they don't care if you get the scurvy.

Hal I posted this earlier .The man who hires casual labour recons they dont want us back until stage 4 .The problem with taxis driving all over the kip is traceability .We could pick up one person with the fever and spread it like fuck before we show any sign of infection .The NTA are happy with just a skeleton taxi service with most trips booked through apps or dispatchers that can be traced .Recon after September you will get a phone call asking when you are considering returning to work possibly asked to prove you are still a legal taxi or asked to prove you are activly seeking toil .

Is there many taxis scooting around the capital these days, relative to what would have been around pre- covid? What percentage would you reckon have ventured back out at this point?

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About 15% of Dublin Drivers are working plus the few who drive in from far far away .Lads with Pensions or carers allowances seem to be working away few lads giving up the 350 to go back .

[Jonno]

The criteria has changed,they want more people off the PUP.....they don't care if you get the scurvy.

Hal I posted this earlier .The man who hires casual labour recons they dont want us back until stage 4 .The problem with taxis driving all over the kip is traceability .We could pick up one person with the fever and spread it like fuck before we show any sign of infection .The NTA are happy with just a skeleton taxi service with most trips booked through apps or dispatchers that can be traced .Recon after September you will get a phone call asking when you are considering returning to work possibly asked to prove you are still a legal taxi or asked to prove you are activly seeking toil .

Is there many taxis scooting around the capital these days, relative to what would have been around pre- covid? What percentage would you reckon have ventured back out at this point?

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About 15% of Dublin Drivers are working plus the few who drive in from far far away .Lads with Pensions or carers allowances seem to be working away few lads giving up the 350 to go back .

I daresay plenty of lads are out there and still drawing down the 350!

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[Shallowhal]

There's some posters on here with their "if there was work in the bed they'd sleep on the floor" comments....not Dublin drivers mind...but they don't seem to understand that if a full compliment of drivers returned to the streets and signed off the PUP there would be a lot more looking to sign back on.

[Golfer14]

42 was spot on few weeks backs ,theres no work after midnite.Few bits during the day ,but hardly enought to cover costs for non owner drivers .No booking be it port jobs /folk going to work .I dont think we have see anything yet ,its gona be carnage -making 08/09/10/11/a walk the park .

[Jonno]

42 was spot on few weeks backs ,theres no work after midnite.Few bits during the day ,but hardly enought to cover costs for non owner drivers .No booking be it port jobs /folk going to work .I dont think we have see anything yet ,its gona be carnage -making 08/09/10/11/a walk the park .

We'll have to cut our cloth to suit our measure. Don't be splurging on the marquee items that you can do without. That electric car can wait another while. Go back in time and bring a hang sangwich for your lunch instead of buying a flame grilled whopper. Probably works out at around 10% of the cost. There's many a corner there for the cutting.

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[Golfer14]

Jonny lad ,half the fleet where getting welfare surport before lockdown ,and have been for many many years .Its an uneven playing fields ,depends on your over heads .The reps at the covid committee meeting last week said as much .JM on here calls about rite most times ,less than minimum wage gig for big outlay .

[Jonno]

Jonny lad ,half the fleet where getting welfare surport before lockdown ,and have been for many many years .Its an uneven playing fields ,depends on your over heads .The reps at the covid committee meeting last week said as much .JM on here calls about rite most times ,less than minimum wage gig for big outlay .

I know. It don't pay to be honest in this place.

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[Lizzzy]

Jonny lad ,half the fleet where getting welfare surport before lockdown ,and have been for many many years .Its an uneven playing fields ,depends on your over heads .The reps at the covid committee meeting last week said as much .JM on here calls about rite most times ,less than minimum wage gig for big outleay .

Who are they?

[Lizzzy]

There's some posters on here with their "if there was work in the bed they'd sleep on the floor" comments....not Dublin drivers mind...but they don't seem to understand that if a full compliment of drivers returned to the streets and signed off the PUP there would be a lot more looking to sign back on.

Who are they?