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We are not doing it (intentionaly) If the Dept Social & Family Affairs are not made aware of the situation or don't unearth it during regular checks there is nothing they can do about it.
If you know of any legitimate cases of Welfare Fraud by anyone regardless of their Citizenship or abode report it to the relevant authorities. It would take about the same amount of effort as posting to a forum.
I think one of the SW staff that post here said it went back to weekly collections at the post office last year instead of sirect bank transfer to try to combat this sort of fraud. I think it's worthy of investigation but I don't think this sort of fraud is as widespread as people might think. I believe that people living here commit the lion's share of social welfare fraud, be they irish or foreign born.From what I have heard it is widespread, The easiest way to get around this is to revert back to signing on weekly in the case of the dole and monthly in the case of the childrens allowance. I know it would overload the system but surely we can work out some efficient way of doing it. I am pretty sure if the passport info at the airports was cross referenced with the Social & Family Affairs database - the true extent of this abuse would become obvious very quickly.
From what I have heard it is widespread, The easiest way to get around this is to revert back to signing on weekly in the case of the dole and monthly in the case of the childrens allowance.
You must sign on weekly for your dole since last July.
You must sign on weekly for your dole since last July.
One method of curtailing abuse would be to, issued social welfare cards with photos.
Why are we allowing people from other EU states who once worked here to pop over and back ( via budget airlines ) to sign on and claim the dole and/or childrens allowance when they don't actually live here anymore ?
i know someone on Jobseeker Benefit who signs on once a month. Maybe it's different in different areas.
If someone has paid into the Irish system said:Maybe we are just too generous here ! ? Maybe we should be partly using a voucher system that is useless abroad ? similiar to one4all but can be used for ESB / Gas / Food stores etc etc
Not sure but that would tie in with the story I was told ( taxi driver that picked up a few guys from the airport - quick pitstop to sign on and then back to the airport again. He reckoned it was fairly common ! ??
Not sure but that would tie in with the story I was told ( taxi driver that picked up a few guys from the airport - quick pitstop to sign on and then back to the airport again. He reckoned it was fairly common ! ??
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