"Migrants going to Ireland," states Rishi Sunak PM

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AIBU to believe this is fake news, hype at best??

Indeed, some may be going to "Ireland,! and may have been doing so
for the last two years anyway.s or so.

Therefore, what was the number of migrants/boat people that went to Ireland from Jan 1st and Dec 31st in 2022 and the year ending 2023??

As I've said many times, I don't trust any politician or political party for that matter as they are on the whole, in it for themselves.

Message to Rishi Sunak, PM - Please give us the numbers. (I bet you it is no different to what was happening previously)

https://news.sky.com/story/rishi-sunak-says-migrants-going-to-ireland-shows-rwanda-scheme-is-working-as-a-deterrent-13123815#:~:text=Migrants%20travelling%20to%20Ireland%20after,was%20%22exporting%20the%20problem%22.

The public in-patient charges of €80 a night were actually abolished in April of last year so that's one thing we don't need to worry about any more, thank goidness.
The €100 fee for A&E still remains for much of the public though.

For anyone talking about medical care.

People would be very surprised that a lot of people would qualify for a GP visit card.

It's not the income that brings people over the line it's their outgoings.

Mortgage/rent
Childcare
Building, contents insurance
Mortgage protection
Maintenance payments from previous relationship
Travel costs

These are all assessable outgoings.

If you have an ongoing illness cards can issued on medical grounds.

I worked in medical cards for years, people would surprised, plus the limits were increased last year also.

www.citizensinformation.ie/en/health/medical-cards-and-gp-visit-cards/gp-visit-cards/

If you have an ongoing illness cards can issued on medical grounds.

We found it extremely difficult to get a medical card for our terminally ill dad who was in his early 80s @DublinFemale. Clearly he was eligible for one but there seem to be a lot of glitches in the application system.

I dread to think of those people who have no-one to advocate for them. It really was so very difficult to get the necessary card.

I don't disagree. It can be difficult. It has in last while become better.

I have an advantage of understanding what is needed and the terminology which gets it processed quickly.

MC area is not a nice section to work so huge staff turnover which means inexperienced processors who are then trained by inexperienced processors. The management structure and ethos is combative with a hint of work to prevent MC issue rather than help people get a MC.

It is slowly moving towards free health care as Slainte card expands. This of course all boils down to funding which the government has control of.

For the terminally ill or seriously ill now there is a dedicated section which deals exclusively.

Also there has been a big push to get hospital social workers understanding how to get the necessities, MC, SW etc.

And yes the system could be better and hopefully the improvements keep coming.

Thanks for your reply @DublinFemale.
It's good to be heard. I think the inexperienced processors were a lot to do with the problems we had tbh.

Glad to hear improvements are being made overall. It does need to improve. For us the whole process added significantly to the trauma of what was a very traumatic time anyway.

@Greybay

Not to mention if you use the free phone number you get through to a help desk which sends an email to MC section who then send through a reply or sometimes not.

The issue the client has can become something else entirely before it gets to the relevant team.

A lot of issues but as I said poor management structure. Good staff won't stay which leaves coasting staff and inexperienced

MC is somebody up high baby, it is protected and haemorrhages money

The NI court decision today might change things in terms of how many cross the open border

news.sky.com/story/amp/law-allowing-asylum-seekers-to-be-detained-and-sent-to-rwanda-disapplied-by-court-in-northern-ireland-13135151

So asylum seekers can travel to NI and claim asylum from there.

How will that work. Isn't Applying in NI and accepted applicable in all countries within UK?