Hi all,
Ive been offered a Full time job which starts on the 19th of September.
At the moment I receive €430.00 per week from JSA and my wife receive`s €102.00 per week for our sick child through half rate carers allowance. A total of €532.00 per week.
I have sat down and worked outthe figures and I will earn close to €700 euro per week with a combination of wages and FIS. I havent calculated the carers allowance into the figures because I was told by community welfare officer that I may stop receiving this because they will review my whole claim and not just the financial side of things.
He explained that they have since cut the reasons for giving Carers allowance and reduced what they consider good cause to recieve this allowance, and chances are my childs illness may no longer be considered reason enough to receive carers allowance.
So with this I have decided to ignore Carers allowance in my calculations for work.
I have discovered on this site and by calling the department that deals with FIS that I am going to have to wait around 18 weeks to actually get any payments from them which means that I am going to have to live on €320.00 per week till sometime in January.
That is a drop of around €212.00 per week to what I am getting now, In the build upto Christmas I simply cannot afford to live on €320.00 per week and provide for my 4 children and wife. Not to mention that I would have to decide on what bills I dont pay and should I pay the mortgage or put food on the table.
I spoke to my welfare officer about getting a top up with supplementary Welfare benefit to help me untill FIS is paid and they could deduct the payment from my FIS payment, however he told me that there was no guarentee that I would receive FIS even though he was sure I would and that he simply didnt have a budget to give me any assistance to top me up.
I really want to work, I have been unemployed for nearly 2 years now and this is one of the first jobs to come up but I cant support a family of 6 on just €320.00 per week and meet all my outgoings. I dont know what to do, If I dont take this job will it be 2 years before I get anything again and will it be the same situation with FIS then? I feel I should take the job but I worry about what will happen to my family in the next 18 weeks, will they go without, will they not have a Christmas, will I default on my mortgage, will we go hungry, how do I run a car, Will the ESB cut me off and so on.
Im just looking for some advice and help, is there anything I can do?
Thanks for reading this and for helping if you can.
Ive been offered a Full time job which starts on the 19th of September.
At the moment I receive €430.00 per week from JSA and my wife receive`s €102.00 per week for our sick child through half rate carers allowance. A total of €532.00 per week.
I have sat down and worked outthe figures and I will earn close to €700 euro per week with a combination of wages and FIS. I havent calculated the carers allowance into the figures because I was told by community welfare officer that I may stop receiving this because they will review my whole claim and not just the financial side of things.
He explained that they have since cut the reasons for giving Carers allowance and reduced what they consider good cause to recieve this allowance, and chances are my childs illness may no longer be considered reason enough to receive carers allowance.
So with this I have decided to ignore Carers allowance in my calculations for work.
I have discovered on this site and by calling the department that deals with FIS that I am going to have to wait around 18 weeks to actually get any payments from them which means that I am going to have to live on €320.00 per week till sometime in January.
That is a drop of around €212.00 per week to what I am getting now, In the build upto Christmas I simply cannot afford to live on €320.00 per week and provide for my 4 children and wife. Not to mention that I would have to decide on what bills I dont pay and should I pay the mortgage or put food on the table.
I spoke to my welfare officer about getting a top up with supplementary Welfare benefit to help me untill FIS is paid and they could deduct the payment from my FIS payment, however he told me that there was no guarentee that I would receive FIS even though he was sure I would and that he simply didnt have a budget to give me any assistance to top me up.
I really want to work, I have been unemployed for nearly 2 years now and this is one of the first jobs to come up but I cant support a family of 6 on just €320.00 per week and meet all my outgoings. I dont know what to do, If I dont take this job will it be 2 years before I get anything again and will it be the same situation with FIS then? I feel I should take the job but I worry about what will happen to my family in the next 18 weeks, will they go without, will they not have a Christmas, will I default on my mortgage, will we go hungry, how do I run a car, Will the ESB cut me off and so on.
Im just looking for some advice and help, is there anything I can do?
Thanks for reading this and for helping if you can.