Chapter 1: The pension system and policy of Irish immigrants

1. Ireland’s pension rules and regulations

Irish pensions must be resident Pay social security on time before the age of 56, and then when you retire at the age of 66, you can receive pensions classified according to the payment period; the last one is to apply for a limited subsidy state pension, which is a kind of social assistance. type. The government department will investigate the applicant's economic status and then distribute a certain amount of pension based on the status.

2. Ireland’s elderly care welfare policy

In addition, the Irish government also provides very generous conditions for the elderly in the pension insurance policy, such as living alone Elderly people over the age of 66 who live alone can apply for rent subsidies and living alone subsidies. Even if some elderly people living alone already have visual impairment pensions, disability pensions, disability subsidies or inability to work subsidies, they will still get this. subsidy. It is intended to compensate for the increased personal living costs compared to living together as a couple or a family. Seniors who are over the legal age of 70 can enjoy a policy package that reduces and exempts living expenses such as water and electricity bills, including a subsidy that waives water and electricity bills, gas bills, or TV license fees. In addition, all senior citizens over the legal age of 66 who have legally and permanently settled in Ireland can receive a local transportation card and use buses, trains, light rail stations and other urban public transportation in Ireland for free.

3. Ireland’s nursing homes are sound

Ireland also has well-equipped nursing homes. Thanks to the support of communities, government departments and welfare lottery, most of these nursing homes are very convenient. sound. The biggest difference in consciousness between the elderly in Ireland and the elderly in my country is that they hate living with their children. They feel that living together for a long time will affect each other's quality of life. They also hope to have their own separate living home. Live together with other like-minded friends. Naturally, it is also because the local nursing homes are of good standard and provide rich retirement life, so children can just visit them on time.

Chapter 2 Extended Reading: Guide to Irish Physical Examination

1. Physical Examination System

Under normal circumstances, the Irish immigration medical examination focuses on two aspects: on the one hand, whether the applicant is suffering from a serious infectious disease that affects the safety of the public; on the other hand, whether the applicant may cause public* **Chronic diseases with high medical expenses.

Severe infectious diseases that affect public safety include tuberculosis and AIDS. Diseases like tuberculosis have become quite common in China in recent years. Many people who are infected do not have typical symptoms such as low-grade fever, cough, and weight loss, and they do not know it until they find lung calcifications in physical examination X-rays. The tuberculosis infection rate in Ireland is very low, so tuberculosis is one of the serious diseases that is focused on during the medical examination for Irish immigrants.

However, this does not mean that people who have unfortunately been infected with tuberculosis must never immigrate or study in Ireland. Usually, they need to conduct sputum culture for three consecutive days. If the result is negative, it proves that their sputum does not contain viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is not infectious to the public. X-rays will be reviewed after 3 months to prove that their lungs have tuberculosis lesions. If it is stable and has no recurrence, it will be passed.

Therefore, after a severe infectious disease is generally completely cured, there is no problem in immigrating as long as it does not affect public health and safety.

Chronic diseases are more difficult to deal with. In fact, chronic diseases are often not very serious, but because maintaining the physical condition may increase Ireland’s medical insurance expenses, the immigration application will not be approved. The most common such chronic disease is diabetes.

2. The general process of the physical examination

No matter which immigration project you apply for, the physical examination process is basically the same. Specific physical examination items include blood tests, urine tests, chest X-rays, etc.

Generally, applicants first receive a physical examination notice. The specific physical examination items and precautions will be marked on the notice. After receiving the letter, the applicant can go to the designated hospital to find the relevant doctor to start the physical examination. However, please note that not just any hospital’s physical examination is acceptable. Irish immigration officers will only recognize the physical examination report from the designated hospital and designated doctor on the medical examination form. The scope of these hospitals and doctors has been carefully approved by the Irish Department of Immigration. As long as it is not a physical examination result from a designated medical institution, they will not accept it.

Generally, the validity period of the physical examination is one year, so to put it simply, immigrants need to take the physical examination one year later and cannot miss the time, otherwise the physical examination will be invalid. If the one-year validity period is exceeded, you will have to go to a designated hospital for a physical examination again.

Generally, the health report after the physical examination will not be given directly to the applicant, and the medical examiner will usually not directly tell you clearly what problems there are in the physical examination that may affect the immigration procedures. They can only tell you about health issues out of a "concern" perspective to make you pay attention.

Chapter 3 Extended Reading: Characteristics of Irish Immigrant Life

1. Irish people in The basic etiquette has the following characteristics

Although the Irish are greatly influenced by the British, they do not pay as much attention to pomp and status, demeanor, etc. as the British do in life. Generally speaking, they are cheerful and casual, and pay attention to benefits: they pay great attention to etiquette and etiquette in dealing with others. They pay special attention to politeness in their speech; in social situations, they use a lot of polite expressions, such as "please", "thank you", "please forgive", etc., which are their customary expressions. They also respect women very much, and "ladies first" has been adopted. It has become a tradition in their lives;

The Irish are taboo about cross-shaking or talking to several people at the same time. They think these are rude and very impolite;

They are taboo about seeing a single magpie. It is believed that if you see a single magpie, something bad will happen to you. But if you see two magpies at the same time, it means that something happy is coming for you;

They don’t want others to interfere with their whereabouts, salary, age and marital status. They think that these They all belong to the category of personal private life and do not require the intervention and interference of others;

They generally pay attention to efficiency issues. Once you get used to it, work is work, and when you take a break, you don’t want to work. Therefore, they do not like to discuss business matters during breaks or meals.

2. The Irish people have the following characteristics in their eating habits

① Pay attention to the nutritional value of dishes, and pay attention to the high quality and small quantity of dishes;

② Taste Generally, I don’t like too salty taste and prefer a slightly sweet taste;

③ The staple food is usually noodles, but I also like to eat siu mai, dumplings and dim sum;

④ I like to eat non-staple food Beef, mutton, pork, fish, chicken, duck, game, eggs, etc.; vegetables like tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, eggplants, cabbage, potatoes, etc.; seasonings like tomato soy sauce, pepper, curry powder, MSG and salt, etc. ;

⑤ Preference for dishes prepared by cooking methods such as roasting, grilling, stir-frying, and deep-frying;

⑥ Chinese food likes Jiangsu cuisine and Cantonese cuisine;

⑦Recipe I like the assorted platter, fried egg rolls, chicken nuggets with lettuce, braised lion head, braised watermelon with dried shrimps, beef stir-fried with green onions, shredded chicken cooked over fire, roast duck, crispy chicken, stir-fried shrimps, stir-fried pheasant slices, grilled Suckling pig and other flavored dishes;

⑧Water wine: People like to drink beer, wine, champagne, brandy, etc.; they also like to drink coffee, milk, cocoa, etc., especially mineral water (according to data, the average per capita consumption per year is Drink 200 liters), they also like to drink black tea; they also like to eat fruit jelly and ice cream;

⑨Fruits are very fond of apples, grapes, bananas, citrus, etc.; dried fruits are happy to taste raisins and almonds wait.