Got a charming letter from the GMS pension scheme this am, if I die in service as a result of #COVID19 the benefit lump sum my wife should have got will now not be paid as #COVID19 is “an act of God”. Nice way to start the day @HSELive @IMO_IRL @ICGPnews @SimonHarrisTD
— Conor McGrane (@ConorTMcGrane) March 25, 2020
Um.
Anyone?
Pic: Fergal Bowers
UPDATE:
The @IMO_IRL has tonight sent GPs told GPs their spouses/family will not be blocked from receiving an special bonus payment in addition to GMS pension entitlements if the GP dies from “an act of god” which led to a “catastrophic” number of deaths.#thread#coronavirus #covid19
— Fiachra Ó Cionnaith (@Ocionnaith) March 25, 2020
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As an atheist I’d take umbrage with this
+fupp your skyfairy
seems fair – its just excluding a special bonus that would bankrupt the fund for everyone if it was needed for a huge spike in untimely deaths
if you die early of COVID you’d get your usual benefit without the bonus – that’s better than living on to a healthy age and not having any pension fund as it was cleaned out in the crisis
+1
Harsh, but fair.
fair but thé terminologie is off
God doesn’t exist, so don’t worry about it.
Prove it was an act of god so
Just get god to appear at an IMO hearing
Dying to know what kind of accent this god has
middle eastern
That’s the least of the worries though. Pension funds are being decimated as we speak.
I’m hse front line staff I think it’s unfair that same unfairness to decide which one of you key board cowards gets treated first or at all.
welcome to BS Declan ;)
We’d shake your hand but…
jokers make jokes when they come into contact with well intentioned appeals to their humanity. its all over the news.
a member of the armed forces and a worker in the health service only hope that such responses simply point to the reality of challenging conditions, albeit in a different and less active way.