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    Auto-enrolment Bill seeking Cabinet approval this morning

    Auto enrolled pensions will get the state top up. Could existing pensions schemes be reclassified as auto enrolment to get the state top up? Is there an employee/employer maximum % or can it be any number percentage over 1.5% in years 1-3?
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    Electric Car Value Trade In. Please Help

    We have an old (10 years old and still going strong) 24kw Nissan leaf and it is used for about 80% of travel needs i.e School, shopping, work ,Gym all within the same county. Works out great, charge from home at night. We have an ICE car for those very occasional long Journeys. We haven't done...
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    Low income retiree, looking for options

    It sounds like he might just know what he's doing. He appears to be matching his expenditure to use up his savings and pension that will get him to mid 80's.(Life expectancy) His house will be more than enough to cover a nursing home should he need one in his later years and probably still...
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    Landlord incentives

    How does this work in practice say for somebody receiving rent of 10k even. Is the tax paid on 7k in 2024 and 6k in 2025 and 5k in 2026/2027 ?
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    Repair 2013 car or trade in

    Shop around to get dent and scrape fixed. it might cost you a lot less than you think. Quotes for the same job from different panel beaters will vary wildly in my experience. 110k on a Skoda Octavia is nothing. I've seen some with over 300k on the clock
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    Solar recommendations

    I used a company that are now called veep energy (formerly save me money wind and solar) . They installed mine a few years back when the grant first appeared. Never had an issue with them all these years and very happy with them. They're based in Dublin...
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    MNC Removes all Ex Gratia from exit packages

    I found this on a google search - https://hayes-solicitors.ie/News/When-Does-Custom-and-Practice-Create-a-Legal-Entitlement-to-Enhanced-Redundancy-Payments- Irish law take lead from UK case - The statutory adjudication bodies for Irish employment law, namely the WRC and Labour Court, have...
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    Ireland has the highest consumer prices in the EU

    1 billion euro is a drop in the ocean compared to the cost of treating people that have health issues caused by smoking. The hospitals are full with people with COPD, Emphysema, pulmonary oedema, heart issues , strokes and the nursing homes full with people with vascular dementia etc caused by...
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    BOI app down ?

    Good to see the Gardaí on the streets so quick to protect the ATM's ! https://www.msn.com/en-ie/money/other/gardai-directed-to-stand-outside-atms-during-bank-of-ireland-cash-withdrawal-blunder/ar-AA1fl7J5
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    Benefits entitled to after a partners death

    It can cost very little to get married and it offers so much certainty to the family. The fee for registering the marriage is zero so you could do the whole thing for a couple of hundred euro.
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    Son wants to borrow 6k from parents. Implications?

    3k from each parent - No issues/ no gift tax implication
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    Replacing or refurbishing a gravel driveway?

    just an f.y.i. If anybody with a car is thinking of Resin bound go with a darker colour. After a year you begin to see tire marks on the lighter colour resin bound. Not sure what product can be used to remove it. pressure washer might be too severe on it
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    Personal Debt - don’t know where to turn

    I can speak from personal experience. This "guru" helped me. As said above, a varied communication style can be a good thing.
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    Personal Debt - don’t know where to turn

    Hi, Check out a guy on YouTube called Dave Ramsey. He is a very good motivator (and entertaining) when it comes to debt reduction. If you follow/stick to his baby steps then I guarantee you will get out of your debt problem and probably never get into debt again. I notice that you say "I have...
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    BGE not paying Microgeneration

    They're lying to you. I had the same issue, they say they're working on how to process payment to people who left them. I complained to them. They phoned to say payment will be made in March.I phoned back and they now say payment will be made in April. I believe payment will never be made by...
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    Loan consolidation

    The clue is in the name CONsolidation. Many people CON themselves into thinking a consolidation loan is the answer or a fresh start. It's not. Chances are you will run up the loans/buy now pay later debt again and be back to square one looking for a CONsolidation loan again to tidy up your...
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    Permanent TSB BTL mtge transferring to Pepper

    Did anybody else have their PTSB mortgage a/c removed from the online banking today? I'm guessing it has something to do with the move to Pepper!
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    You can now extend your mortgage until you are 90!

    Somebody should write a play book on how to get one of these personal infinity mortgages
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    Crank Shaft gone in 181 car - out of warranty

    assuming they even put it in/change the filter. I bought a car that had a service record/ receipt from a main dealer that showed the pollen filter was changed and charged for the month before. When I went to change the pollen filter myself the next year there was no pollen filter in there ...
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    Crank Shaft gone in 181 car - out of warranty

    Are you fully sure he quoted €9000 and not €900 ?
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