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    UK State Pension - finding their online system difficult to navigate

    Thanks for your help Danny....finally got sorted, It worked out fine in the end !! (bit of a technophobe here)
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    UK State Pension - finding their online system difficult to navigate

    No Danny, thats as far as I'm getting... Its asking for a UK Passport ????? How do I use my Irish one ? Also it asks for my address but doesnt recognise Irish postcode ......
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    UK State Pension - finding their online system difficult to navigate

    Ive been trying to sign in to GOV.UK without success ..... getting access code on my phone ok but Its asking for my address but doesnt recognise an irish postcode... should I give the last UK address I lived at ?
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    Case study Irish/ UK Pension

    I'm already getting it ...... I reckon my average is low because......I started paying PRSI as a partime worker / student at 16, so my average is worked out over a full 50 years (16 to 66) !! most of my career was Civil Service which doesnt count
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    Case study Irish/ UK Pension

    Hi I have just been contacted by Social Protection - they say I have 668 Paid / Reckonable contributions (average 14 years) giving me 106 euro p/week. Does this sound right ?
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    New Social Welfare Payment for 65 Year Olds

    Maybe someone would know if I will qualify : I turn 65 at the end of this year so 2019 is my "Governing Contribution Year" However, I lived and worked & contributed in U.K. for that year (self employed) - Other than that I tick all the boxes to qualify. I know Contributions are recognised...
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    At what point is the mileage of a car being imported read?

    you must inform your local NCT Centre within 7 days of bringing the car into the country and also make an appointment for inspection etc - you have 30 days to have it re-registered
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    What to do if you have not received an LPT letter

    I paid using laser card last year - i didnt receive a letter yet re 2014 tax ... Should i just wait ?
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    Dail Bar

    He shouldnt have alcohol in his system while he was at work
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    Should i report cruelty to animals

    I'll give ispcaa call in the morning ....hopefully they will investigate. Thanks
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    Should i report cruelty to animals

    I notice a local feed merchant has caged two magpies and has left them in the middle of his yard for days now. I understand its to keep other vermin away but i feel its cruel. Should i report to ispca or other authority? Would they be interested?
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    €950 for 1'000 lt of Kerosene how does this compare

    There is ALWAYS kerosene in the delivery hose .... It's NEVER empty , so the customer is not being conned . As someone suggested, the best thing to do is stand at the meter during the delivery ... Just like a taxi these are calibrated and sealed
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    What are they surveying?

    I would definitely ask for I.D. and ask what they are doing ... in the interests of the local community, the security of my home and my neighbours homes. Recently eircom telephone cables have been stolen in broad daylight by "workmen" in hi-viz vests .. people thought they were legitimate...
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    Conditions attached to an inheritance

    If Peter fears that his son might do something foolish eg. sell the house , squander the money and leave himself homeless he can specify in his will that the house will be his sons "for his lifetime" which means he can't sell it. It makes sense for someone who may have a mental illness etc
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    Redundancy & Part-time work

    When someone is put on a 3 day week is it necessary to sign a new contract ?
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    Drink Driving Conviction and Appeal. Solicitors giving differing advice.

    It is an offence not to surrender your licence(s). It is an offence TO DRIVE A VEHICLE while banned from doing so.
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    Revenue to target pensioners on higher incomes

    A work collegue of mine got one of the letters - he has been in this job for the last 33 years, he is 55 years old and is in receipt of no pension , private occupational or state ! He brought it in to show us , just for our amusement and we did get a great laugh out of the situation. My point...
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    is the household charge in place of NPPR charge

    The NPPR is waived if the property is deemed uninhabitable - does the same apply to the household charge? I don't see it mentioned anywhere.
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    Borrowed Americanisms

    another one is to say "You know what?" where it isnt required at the beginning of (usually) an answer to a question
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