Survey results - review of ministerial salaries

Here are the views of 97 people to this survey. It also includes their comments and views. TKL website

Holiday Home Insurance | Second Home Insurance | Home Insurance Ireland

Finding good holiday home insurance can be problematic for many Irish people who have a second home either in Ireland or abroad. Many Irish people who bought second homes in countries such as Spain, France, the UK or other overseas locations encounter difficulty in getting decent quotes for their second property.

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Service of Foreign Process in Ireland for Non EU Countries | BusinessAndLegal.ie

The form is in fact in 3 parts-Request, Certificate and Summary. This form is then left in with the Central Office of the High Court and if the Central Authority is satisfied that the Request is in conformance with the Hague Convention then the Central Authority directs service in the manner requested by the applicant.

If there is no specific method of service requested by the applicant the Central Authority will direct personal service on the Defendant.

If the Central Authority is not satisfied with the Request it can set out it’s objections to allow the applicant rectify the matter.

Once service is then effected by the process server he/she returns to the Central Authority with an Affidavit setting out how service was carried out.

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Survey results - unexpected resignation of ministers

Here are the views of 62 people who participated in the survey on the unexpected resignation of ministers and the sweeping changes in the cabinet. TKL website.

Public transport and commuting

Hi Mr Tan!
I happened to come across an article by Mr Alex Au, and I think you'll agree with him with many points in a new article he wrote recently. It will better support your arguments for living near one's workplace and I'm a keen supporter of this idea along side with you.


http://yawningbread.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/rail-interchange-upgraded-transportation-issue-much-wider-than-that/


Edward


Quote from the Yawning Bread article

It’s also time to rethink the sacred cow of home-ownership. The fact is, people switch jobs. Unless people can easily move to live closer to their new job, any hope of reducing commuter load will not be realised. As economists have known for eons, home ownership is a serious drag on residential mobility. Once committed to a huge purchase, it is very difficult to consider selling and moving. It gets impossible at certain times when prices dip below the historical purchase price of a home; who would want to sell at a loss? Therefore, a high ratio of renters in a population allows greater ease of matching people to jobs.

In any case, as I argued in an earlier article, everyone who is living in public housing today is deluding himself, thinking he “owns” his flat. He does not. What actually is happening is that he has paid 99 years’ rent in advance. In that case, if we’re actually renting anyway, why can’t we pay a month at a time? That allows people to move easily, enabling them a wider choice in the job market. People will naturally choose to live closer to their jobs, thus reducing commuter load.

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Committee to review ministerial salaries

There is some optimism and more scepticism on the committee formed to review the ministerial salaries. I wish to share my wishes for the outcomes of the deliberation of the committee. TKL website.

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