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    20 year old living with relatives & social welfare payments

    Your niece won't be assessed on your income, only income from parent(s) or step-parents is assessed. What may be investigated as part of her application is whether she has moved away from home in order to avoid the means test.
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    Electric Ireland bills....paid through Ptsb

    Could you set up a new bill payee with the new IBAN instead of trying to change the old one? You could then delete the old IBAN.
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    Carer’s leave

    Does your employer allow for unpaid leave? That might suit your situation better (as it's generally granted for a week or two rather than long-term).
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    Calculating Contributory OAP using TCA

    Brendan, To answer your second question, she can't claim a Contributory OAP based on her ex-husband's records - it must be her own record.
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    How do PS employers calculate service for pension?

    Each PS organisation will (or should!) keep service records. If a person moves from one organisation to another,their service record should be transferred too. PRSI records aren't used to determine service for PS pension - as S Class mentioned, a part time worker could have a "full time" PRSI...
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    Re-Turn Plastic Bottles

    It's planned for NI, England and Wales for 2025 https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/content/northern-ireland-deposit-return-scheme
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    What does a medical card offer?

    There was also an inpatient charge of 80 euro per night (max 10 nights per year) for non medical card patients. This was abolished in April 2023. The Drug Payment Scheme only covers medicines on the approved list - if prescribed medication isn't on the list, it must be paid for in addition to...
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    Re-Turn Plastic Bottles

    Aluminium
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    What does a medical card offer?

    A medical card holder does not pay for GP visits, prescription medication or A&E charges. More information here https://www2.hse.ie/services/schemes-allowances/medical-cards/
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    Re-Turn Plastic Bottles

    It's part of the scheme's funding model, along with selling on the recycling materials
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    Re-Turn Plastic Bottles

    All deposits are submitted to Re-turn by retailers, who get a refund when they pay out to customers. So unclaimed deposits go to Re-turn.
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    Medical card with UK pension

    Medical Card holders don't pay for prescription drugs (there is a per item charge of 1 euro or 1.50). The Drug Payment Scheme, which sets an upper limit of 80 euro per month per family (for specified drugs only) is for anyone, not just retired people.
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    Under 70’s medical card - sole income from State Pension

    I suspect that "computer said no" because they each have a pension. Did they make one joint application or two separate applications? If they made a joint application, maybe try again and make separate applications - it might make a difference.
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    Box on Left hand top side of screen with red X through it.

    I'm seeing the same (Android phone) Last night, I noticed a lot of blank space at the top of each page. I had to scroll down to see the text. That seemed to clear after a few hours, then the box with the red x appeared.
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    Selling and then buying/upgrading with Spry finance for retired mother - what to look out for

    Are you talking about releasing equity on her current house in order to help buy the new property? Spry rules state that a loan against a property must be paid back in full if that property is sold. She'd end up no better off (and might be worse off due to interest charges)...
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    collecting jobseekers allowance in Post office

    Yes, you can collect on the Saturday after your usual Tuesday payment date. Check the opening times of your post office, some may only open for a half-day.
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    Vodafone tv play

    If all you're interested in is the RTE, BBC, ITV or Channel 4\5 offerings, it's possible to get a TV box that allows pause and record at no cost (apart from the initial cost of the box). I left sky a number of years ago, bought a box (zGemma h7s) which allows me to record from either saorview...
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    Public service pay

    For pre-2013 scheme retirees, any increase in the salary of the corresponding grade is also passed onto the retiree. My recollection is that post-2013 scheme increases for retirees are linked to inflation rates.
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    Pay as you go wifi

    You could buy a router that takes a SIM card and sign up with the likes of 48 for 12.99 per month for 200GB. It's a month to month membership, so you can stop at any time.
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    Electric Car Value Trade In. Please Help

    VW have just announced a €10k cut to their new EV prices to compete with the Chinese marques. This will have a big impact on 2nd hand values.
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