If I were to get a euro for every urban myth concerning social welfare/HSE and immigrants to this country I would be able to retire.
A few listed below:
African women get money from SW to get their hair beaded.
Heard this one as well and dont believe it. I'm a hairdresser and have never come across it.
Immigrants get a €5000 to buy cars
think that's a cheque meant for something else, but not given out for a car, wheather it's right or wrong they do this morally i dont know. SW doesn't seem to think so.
Immigrants gets two flight vouchers a year for all their family to visit their country but most spend it on holidays to other countries
Never heard this one before.
Women with new born babies can get as many, state of the art buggies as they want.
Now this i have to disagree with as i actually personally know a girl who has had 3 children in the last 3 years. Every time she has been given money for a new buggy and a cot. A year back the buggy broke and she went to the SW and got money for another one. Now of course i dont know this 100% to be true but it is what she told me and i dont see why she should lie about this.
Another story i heard on this subject that a women's buggy was faulty, didn't have the reciept anymore so the shop she got it from wouldn't replace it. Went to SW they refused to give her money for a new one, she continued to use the buggy it colpased in the street on day when she was pushing the buggy and the child was injured because of this. She sued the SW for not giving her money for another buggy and won and got 1000's.
If you bring in a receipt from the supermarket the CWO will reinburse you.
Not heard this one either, Have heard gas and electric bills get paid.
Non Irish people automatically jump any waiting list for hospital or treatments
another new one i've not heard.
Immigrants get free mobile phone and an amount of their bills paid monthly.
I used to work in a shop a few years back and immigrants were always coming in buying phone cards, why would they do this is phone bills were paid.
I could go on.
Ruam