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THE CABINET SUBCOMMITTEE ON the State’s response to the Ukraine crisis has agreed in principle to the a €400 payment for people who take Ukrainian refugees into their home.
The meeting of coalition leaders this afternoon was also attended by Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe and Public Expenditure Minister Michael McGrath.
The final proposal will go to Cabinet for sign-off on Tuesday, it is understood.
There is understood to be some unresolved issues as to what department or body will receive and process the applications and make the monthly payments.
The overall cost of the measure is not yet known, given the unpredictability of how many households will apply for the payment, it is believed.
The new measure will require legislation and a couple of months to process, said sources.
A payment of €400 for people who take Ukrainian refugees into their home was floated at the end of last month.
It is understood the aim of the payment is for it to be used to cover the cost of increased bills.
A number of ministers, including Justice Minister Helen McEntee, have backed the proposal for financial aid for households that take in Ukrainian refugees.
At the end of last month, some 24,708 pledges of accommodation were offered through the Irish Red Cross portal.
There have been concerns in Government that up to half of the pledges received have not worked out or have been withdrawn, with further reports that the Irish Red Cross has had difficulty in contacting people who originally made a pledge.
Aside from pledges from the public, Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien has said the Government is securing accommodation for arrivals from Ukraine through hotels, guest houses and B&Bs, as well as State-owned or private properties, which may be suitable for short-term accommodation.
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God help the rescue services dealing with pure stupidity
They shouldn’t save them and make an example of the morons.
Some people it seems are walking adverts for Darwin awards….
Do these fools not realise they’re putting the rescuers lives in danger too? For the love of jaysus people stay away from the coasts unless it can’t be avoided.
Just see with the thumbs down there’s a few knob ends on here that would put other peoples lives at risk for their little thrill sad A Holes
But sure he thought he’d be grand !
Free country if I wanna walk on a pier in a storm I can ! Mind your own business coast guard
The bollocks will probably put in a big claim now as well
Clown
Dirt bird
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
you get a thumbs down for blatant misuse of adjectives
Knob
Just because someone makes a stupid decision doesn’t mean they deserve to die!!!
What a muppet, idiots like him should be charged with wasting the resources of the emergency services
I wish I could like your comment a million times it’s how I feel putting lives of others at risk for their stupidity
Knob ends
Keith ye gimp
Shows your mental age that does dipstick
My name is there for all to see I don’t need to hide my identity dipstick
weather is crap outside, what will i do….i know ill go for a plesant stroll along howth pier, that will be nice…fekin ejit
Six different emergency services teams to deal with one idiot …..
Oops, sorry can’t count ,five teams.
One type of emergency service is too many
Natural Selection
It’s the bottom of the food chain.
We are still evolving. Give him a break.
The very same fools who probably wouldn’t take a stroll on a fine summers day, I really have no sympathy for these type of half wits they are just so selfish
Moral of the story is “DONT MESS WITH MOTHER NATURE”…
Just mess with your mother
On the very same pier … Women wheeling prams and young children walking alongside ??!! Thought I was hallucinating – have they no sense at all seen this from the distance some people have no cop on
charge them and proceeds go to rnli. unsung heros out in all weather saving lives.
Now that suggestion is sensible Brendan. Nobody can be that stupid so it is just foolhardiness. Hit the pocket – take it out of salary, social Welfare or whatever.
Warnings everywhere and then you get d1ckheads like this guy in Salthill doing this.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=675164209194223&set=vb.670973546279956&type=2&theater
What an absolute moron
That guy must be all kinds of stupid.
I saw this earlier today and was wondering did he get out ok or need rescuing.
He needs kicking, that’s what he needs.
I just watched that, did that man drown because you cant see him getting out, how very stupid.
He was probably hoping that the strong winds shaking him about would help him lose the love handles silly fatso
The level of studipity just baffles me
This ape was a special kinda stupid….
His parents must very proud ….
Anyone stupid enough to walk any pier in this weather especially when warned not to deserve all that happens to them.
Not alone do they put their own lives in danger but they put the lives of those helping them such as volunteers, coastguard, RNLI, Rescue Helicopter operators. they should be made pay for the cost involved also.
SHAME ON THEM
Mensa will be in to that lad
How is it that people don’t realise this without the rescue services having to spell it out?
why people decide to go out walking along costal areas in bad weather is beyond me… fine if you want to watch a storm etc but keep distance from danger… Mother nature is a powerful force & not one to be dealing with…. I think all emergency services already have enough to be dealing with besides crazies deciding to go walking along a coastline in the middle of a storm….
Darwin would be so proud!
Darwin was a fool
Only fool about is you
Happens ever year somewhere in the states. Usually someone is killed. Btw, we do charge unprepared hikers (no compass; wrong clothes; heading out too late) for rescue. $1000 or more…
The Mash sums it up
“Waves are eye-catching yet terrifying, rather like women in general.
“Also people tend to stand too close to them, and we will be encouraging our readers to despise those individuals for their stupid recklessness.
“That’s until one of them gets swept away. Then we will mourn their tragic loss – especially so if that person wanted to be a model.”
There is nothing as rare as common sence.
Thoughts and prayers with the injured man and the coast guard. May be recover quickly and swiftly.
Amen to that and may he get a bit of common sense.
Pretty stupid to be walking on an exposed pier in these conditions….as they say …”theres always one “.!
What a turkey. ..
Bit of tough love needed! Publicly shame the moron who went swimming in it. Pointlessly putting rescuers lives in danger for what? ‘Wanting to go for a swim in a storm’! #Moron
I’m staying well away from howth pier but is it ok on dun loaghaire pier?
http://www.thejournal.ie/cliff-fall-1250010-Jan2014/?utm_source=facebook_short
if they look at this they will never go near cliff edges or peirs
Sadly He won’t be playing hop scotch for a while
Its grand bring armbands and flipflops
All you people commenting must be saints as ye haven’t ever done anything stupid ? Why don’t ye do something productive instead of sitting like little busy bodies giving out about a man who learned his lesson! Absolute low life people, children!!! And to comment in the man’s parents? I hope ye don’t reproduce if that’s the case! He learned his lesson I suggest ye get ye’re selves a life!
The most genuine comment Ive seen here thank you.!!! The real morons are some of the people here making comments about a situation that they know absolutely nothing about !!! The mans parents are dead and luckily he is still alive even though he made a mistake. Could name people here who should be ashamed but read the comments and it sticks out and a huge thanks to the people who put dislikes to comments. My God stand up the person who hasnt made a mistake !!! Not on this forum Id say. Thank you Brid and the few other people who did not judge.
Who are these IDIOTS??…
#tools
This is what the weather was like in Howth yesterday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28WDBW9dSLU
Careful now
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