Hopefully someone here with a knowledge of social welfare can help me out. I applied for OPF in January when i lost my job. Initially i recieved a SWA payment and subsequently JSB at full rate. I was advsed to apply for JSB when applying for lone parents as i would qualify for half rate along with the lone parents payment.
Today i recieved a letter from them and i cannot make any sense of it at all. The pages are marked as OPF 7a and OPF 7b and they show that i have means of €0.00 and that these means apply from January. No where on these pages does it say that the payment has been awarded or at what rate or from when.
The reason i am panicing is that i am also in reciept of rent allowance and today i also recieved a letter from them stating that as i am recieving a OPF payment that i now owe them money. I have been to the post office today and checked my bank account and there is definately no money there. I now i need to give them a ring but i was hoping that some of you well informed people on here can shed some light on this.
Sorry for being so long winded but i am in a bit of a state now.
Today i recieved a letter from them and i cannot make any sense of it at all. The pages are marked as OPF 7a and OPF 7b and they show that i have means of €0.00 and that these means apply from January. No where on these pages does it say that the payment has been awarded or at what rate or from when.
The reason i am panicing is that i am also in reciept of rent allowance and today i also recieved a letter from them stating that as i am recieving a OPF payment that i now owe them money. I have been to the post office today and checked my bank account and there is definately no money there. I now i need to give them a ring but i was hoping that some of you well informed people on here can shed some light on this.
Sorry for being so long winded but i am in a bit of a state now.