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  • Originally posted by trellheim View Post
    I very much doubt that will happen.

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    • thats not quite what he said, he's saying its not something the families should worry about today...

      he absolutely, positively, is not saying that in a few months the hospitals involved will have accrued a massive bill and the US Government will be picking up the tab. individuals involved in their care might well waive some or all of their fees, but this is people in ICU/HDU's for weeks, this is massively resource intensive, and theres simply no way that the hospitals/staff involved will be able to lob this one in the charity bin and crack on with their day. some very expensive people in the hospitals involved will be working on this and nothing else, and they will have mortgages and bills to pay...

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      • Originally posted by ropebag View Post
        thats not quite what he said, he's saying its not something the families should worry about today...

        he absolutely, positively, is not saying that in a few months the hospitals involved will have accrued a massive bill and the US Government will be picking up the tab. individuals involved in their care might well waive some or all of their fees, but this is people in ICU/HDU's for weeks, this is massively resource intensive, and theres simply no way that the hospitals/staff involved will be able to lob this one in the charity bin and crack on with their day. some very expensive people in the hospitals involved will be working on this and nothing else, and they will have mortgages and bills to pay...
        Travel company USIT may pick up the tab, no doubt the state here will pitch in, cost shouldn't be an issue.
        Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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        • Dept of Defence to call for new government jet

          As part of a series of briefing documents published for new ministers today, a Department of Defence document said a high level inter-departmental group is preparing a report for the Government with recommendations on replacing the main government jet which went out of service in 2014.

          The Ministerial Air Transport Service (MATS) is currently served by one small Air Corps learjet capable of flights to the UK and central Europe.

          This is being examined as part of an overall equipment purchase programme for the Defence Forces that will see the Navy's flagship LE Eithne being replaced with a new large multi-role vessel (MRV).

          MRVs usually include a functional helicopter deck.

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          • Dail's €200k helipad shut down after sitting idle since Haughey left office

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            • Originally posted by Rhodes View Post
              Dail's €200k helipad shut down after sitting idle since Haughey left office

              https://www.independent.ie/irish-new...-36590388.html
              Not really surprising, why exactly did it get built in the first place? (other than Charlie being Charlie)

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              • Apart from Charlie being Charlie, does it not make sense to have a Pad in Government Buildings?

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                • Originally posted by Herald View Post
                  Apart from Charlie being Charlie, does it not make sense to have a Pad in Government Buildings?
                  Why? I mean clearly nobody since him have considered it vital or even needed at all. It's not like they have far to go to Baldonnel or Dublin Airport...

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                  • Originally posted by Sparky42 View Post
                    Why? I mean clearly nobody since him have considered it vital or even needed at all. It's not like they have far to go to Baldonnel or Dublin Airport...
                    Both are at least an hour away, even if you can close off certain roads. But in the event that either troops or Gardai. or even medical personnel were needed there in a hurry, wouldn't the option of a helipad be a bonus?.

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                    • Originally posted by Herald View Post
                      Both are at least an hour away, even if you can close off certain roads. But in the event that either troops or Gardai. or even medical personnel were needed there in a hurry, wouldn't the option of a helipad be a bonus?.
                      That, or as a central pad to rapidly deploy ARW to a central terrorist incident. You never know when you might miss such a facility until it's gone.

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                      • Originally posted by Rhodes View Post
                        Dail's €200k helipad shut down after sitting idle since Haughey left office

                        https://www.independent.ie/irish-new...-36590388.html
                        5 missions January 2018, 4 missions January 2017

                        They can’t win

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                        • Originally posted by Tempest View Post
                          That, or as a central pad to rapidly deploy ARW to a central terrorist incident. You never know when you might miss such a facility until it's gone.
                          Stephens Green or Merrion Square??
                          An army is power. Its entire purpose is to coerce others. This power can not be used carelessly or recklessly. This power can do great harm. We have seen more suffering than any man should ever see, and if there is going to be an end to it, it must be an end that justifies the cost. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

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                          • Originally posted by X-RayOne View Post
                            Stephens Green or Merrion Square??
                            Dail already has MP detachment to secure pad/chopper. No civvies to clear.

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                            • Originally posted by Herald View Post
                              Both are at least an hour away, even if you can close off certain roads. But in the event that either troops or Gardai. or even medical personnel were needed there in a hurry, wouldn't the option of a helipad be a bonus?.
                              Only an hour away if you don't have a garda driver and garda traffic corps escort. Then the don is about 15 mins away.
                              For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.

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