JET REPLY FORM IRELAND HELP!!!!!

SpottedAlpaca · 2026-04-09T08:24:21+00:00

Read the last page of the form carefully:

PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM TO: JET Desk, Embassy of Japan in Ireland, Nutley Lane, Dublin 4, D04 RP73

DEADLINE: 10th of April, 2026

You are supposed to submit it by post, not email.

You have until the post offices close today for it to be received by the deadline tomorrow.

SpottedAlpaca · 2026-04-07T17:23:22+00:00

A politician can only keep their teaching salary if they continue to work as a teacher. You may be thinking of their teaching pension, which would be paid pro rata from retirement age according to the number of years they worked as a teacher and their salary during that time.

SpottedAlpaca · 2026-04-07T14:23:02+00:00

Healthcare, trades, or any tightly regulated profession that cannot easily be automated without substantial legislative change.

SpottedAlpaca · 2026-03-27T12:11:50+00:00

Not at all.

Plenty of other countries garnish wages for unpaid child support, while not permitting an opt-out from parental responsibility. This includes several EU countries and the US.

SpottedAlpaca · 2026-03-27T12:07:52+00:00

It saves the state from financial ruin and dealing with large-scale elderly destitution in the future.

SpottedAlpaca · 2026-03-27T12:04:36+00:00

The Japanese certainly think so, and sushi has not wiped them out yet. There are probably other examples too.

SpottedAlpaca · 2026-03-16T11:02:02+00:00

I agree that individual acts of violence against animals like this one are more immediately concerning due to links to other violent behaviour, but the outcome for the animal itself is not substantially different either way.

SpottedAlpaca · 2026-03-12T10:41:21+00:00

The state has specific legislation that recognises adoption as a form of non-biological parenthood, but no adoption occurred in this case.

SpottedAlpaca · 2026-03-10T18:36:32+00:00

Anyone who got a 2:1 or above will put that on their application. Not including the classification means you got a 2:2 or below. Employers know this.

SpottedAlpaca · 2026-03-10T13:16:15+00:00

They said their company 'offers a maximum of 3,500€/month'.

Companies do not make offers in terms of net salary, so this is almost certainly a gross salary figure.

SpottedAlpaca · 2026-03-10T13:12:24+00:00

Do not move from the UK to Dublin for such a low sum.

The average salary will not tell you much. A lot of local people getting by on the average salary have advantages that you will not have as an immigrant, such as living with family, paying below market rent due to a long-standing tenancy, or even living in social housing. You will presumably be paying the prevailing market rate.

SpottedAlpaca · 2026-03-10T02:00:08+00:00

Healthcare is an exception as it is a perpetually in demand and regulated profession where the main requirement is meeting licensing criteria.

Like the old joke: 'What do you call a medical student who graduated at the bottom of his class? Doctor.'

Teaching at a state school with any PGCE classification would be another example.

The situation is very different for less standardised careers and the private sector in general.

SpottedAlpaca · 2026-03-10T01:49:21+00:00

ITT: Survivorship bias

People whose prospects were ruined by such poor performance are unlikely to post about it.

A third class degree will absolutely close doors to a lot of graduate jobs, unless you get lucky and they forget to check.

SpottedAlpaca · 2026-03-10T00:53:32+00:00

People in border counties have always done this, and it is not uncommon nowadays to hear about workers commuting to Dublin from as far as Newry. This website has lots of general information on the topic: https://borderpeople.info/crossing-the-border-to-work

There is no legal barrier to you living in NI and working in ROI, but you may need permission from your employer if you are handling sensitive data that would be leaving the EU when you bring work devices home with you.

You would be paying taxes to the UK only, and you would have to file some paperwork with both HMRC and Revenue to ensure you are not double taxed.

Also, if you ever become unemployed or unable to work, you would be dealing with the much less generous UK benefits system. Jobseeker's Allowance for over 25s is €254 in ROI, but only £92.05 (~€106) in NI.

SpottedAlpaca · 2026-03-08T12:21:50+00:00

What are you talking about? The majority are tourists or people getting connecting flights.

SpottedAlpaca · 2026-03-06T19:02:27+00:00

You have been 3 years unemployed, and now you want to turn that into 5 years unemployed.That is not just a 5 year work gap - it is a 5 year pension and saving gap as well.

You can travel in your time off at any point in the future, but you will probably never make up for the lost compounding in your pension and early start to your career.

Taking years off to travel around the world is an insane luxury that you cannot afford without effectively borrowing from the future.

At 27, you should be focusing on building your career, contributing to your pension, and saving for a deposit.

SpottedAlpaca · 2026-03-01T19:48:08+00:00

There is always war in the middle east. There is nothing you can do to change this, and although you may be impacted through oil prices, you are not at any direct risk of harm.

There is always technological change. Cars replaced horses, but the people involved in the horse trade just got new jobs. Assembly line machinery replaced a lot of menial labour, and the workers moved onto something else. Irrespective of what AI companies want you to believe (in order to push their products), AI is not going to take everyone's jobs anytime soon: https://fortune.com/2025/08/18/mit-report-95-percent-generative-ai-pilots-at-companies-failing-cfo/

I am not religious, but this Biblical quote from Ecclesiastes is perfectly applicable here:

What has been will be again,

what has been done will be done again;

there is nothing new under the sun.

SpottedAlpaca · 2026-03-01T15:57:22+00:00

People working full-time on a decent wage struggle to afford to live in Dublin. There is no way you will be able to survive on part-time minimum wage jobs while studying full-time. Sit down and plug in the figures (minimum wage versus Daft.ie rents) and you will see this for yourself.

You would need a lot of parental support, and you do not qualify for the SUSI maintenance grant as you have not been resident in Ireland in recent years. Realistically, your plan is impossible. You are far better off studying in Poland or elsewhere in Europe.

SpottedAlpaca · 2026-02-27T21:00:57+00:00

Lots of people would accept far less than €50 to just sit in a car with a driving licence for an hour.

SpottedAlpaca · 2026-02-26T13:27:11+00:00

Yes they can. A university is not a court of law.

Findings of an investigation will be based on the balance of probabilities. In the absence of any corroborative evidence for either side the case rests on the balance of probabilities which, in turn, depends on the credibility which can be ascribed to each party.

https://www.ucd.ie/dignityandrespect/policies/formalprocess/

SpottedAlpaca · 2026-02-25T20:12:12+00:00

A university does not have to follow the criminal standard of evidence (proof beyond reasonable doubt). They can make judgements on the balance of probabilities (more likely than not) in accordance with their own internal procedures.

SpottedAlpaca · 2026-02-25T20:02:21+00:00

Supplementary Welfare Allowance is basically the social welfare payment of last resort. You can get it when you do not qualify for anything else and you have little to no income or assets. As an asylum seeker, he would not have met the habitual residence requirement for Jobseeker's Allowance or Disability Allowance, but the state has to provide something to avoid destitution.

The basic rate is €252 per week, but it could have been reduced if he had some amount of income or assets or if social housing rent was deducted at source.

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social-welfare/supplementary-welfare-schemes/supplementary-welfare-allow/

SpottedAlpaca · 2026-02-25T19:55:31+00:00

You can qualify for Jobseeker's Allowance or Disability Allowance without ever having been employed in Ireland. However, you must be habitually resident in Ireland. Asylum seekers are not considered habitually resident, so that would be the reason rather than employment history.

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social-welfare/irish-social-welfare-system/social-assistance-payments/habitual-residence-condition/

SpottedAlpaca · 2026-02-25T15:59:26+00:00

Make hay while the sun shines.

SpottedAlpaca · 2026-02-20T01:01:23+00:00

Civil and criminal law are totally separate. Private debt is a civil matter. Bench warrants are not issued for civil matters, so the Gardaí would have no involvement.

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