At Kilrush District Court, Judge Patrick Durcan calculated that mother of four, Mary Maughan receives €55,000 a year on various State benefits.
Addressing Ms Maughan, Judge Durcan said: "You receive around €55,000 a year in benefits and if you were paying tax and all of that, you would need an income of €120,000 a year."
In reply in the witness box, Ms Maughan said: "Probably."
Ms Maughan receives benefit payments concerning her own four children along with two other children she is guardian of.
Ms Godfrey said that Ms Maughan receives €358.20 in a weekly carer’s allowance; a weekly payment of €352 in a guardian payment along with Child benefit monthly payments of €840 and a monthly domiciliary care allowance of €309.
Ms Godfrey said that in addition, Ms Maughan receives €3,400 annually in a respite grant as she is the carer of two children who are not her own.
How can people on hear who support FF/FG give out about the above . FF/FG took our tax and gave it to her .she did not rob it you know,I think the headline misleading somewhat. While perhaps factual, it implies the State is a soft touch for welfare payments.
Whereas the reality is, to do the job the woman is doing, with the necessary skills and supports, it could probably cost the State more than €120,000.
The problem for most people is that the alternative to FF/FG is worse so we keep voting for them.
FF/FG look after a much broader group of people than the Shinners. SF are a populist pseudo-socialist party who target the resentful/ jealous/ economically illiterate etc. FF look after many of the same people and are unashamedly populist but not to the same extent as the Shinners. FF/FG also don't have a terrorist wing and don't have a bunch of former terrorists pulling the strings in the background.FF and FG will not go into power together in case there supporters move over to SF this speaks for itself ,FF/FG/SF all the same support base look after the same people,
FF/FG Look after the same people as SF and screw the rest,
Nobody bought/ looked after the Public Sector like FF during the Socialist Partnership years when an un-elected politburo of vested interest groups ran the country.The public service thought Labour was looking after them until the Pension changes brought in 1995 started to kick in and the Trioka changes changed all that for ever, Labour were looking after the same group as FF/FG ,
In my case for the last 27 years (30 if you include part time work while still in school), but the PD's where the closest thing to a part for working people (as opposed to people who don't work but call themselves working class).A very Interesting Question is who is looking after the people like You and I who go/Went out to work every day not FF/FG/ by the look of things,
in your case for the last 20 years and in my own case 48 years,
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