Nobody should be allowed to use SW cheques to buy cars. They are not a necessity for people on SW. Plenty of people working cant afford to drive and have to use public transport.
the difficulties they
have experienced with public transport???
This is an urban myth - it is not true.
Brodiebabe....THIS IS TRUE
It is true because I know it to be true...
I overheard it on the bus, so must be
The social welfare did respond and they said cheques were given for furniture and if they decided to spend that money on a car they couldn't stop this.
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
Seems like a cop out from Social Welfare. Surely they could issue vouchers for furniture, or insist on seeing receipts to prove the money was used for the correct purpose. It is taxpayers money after all and they've no right to take such a cavalier attitude towards ensuring its spent properly.
If the claimant (having been assessed as in need of the items) decides to spend the money on a car, clothes, a holiday.....etc etc, that is their decision and not one that HSE/SW can follow up. However they will not be considered for help towards that item/those items again.
If the system has loopholes which allows people to to this, then there is definitely an issue with the system and it needs to be overhauled. If it comes to light they spent the money on something else, then it should be clawed back by SW, same as if the rest of us underpay tax, it is owed back to the Revenue.
I dont want my taxes going to pay for anybody's holiday or car, no matter what the circumstances.
the social welfare have a scheme at the minute to take people off the dole and it was mainly targeted at immigrants.
You agree not to sign on again (not sure if there's some legal sign off around this) and in year 1, you get 100% of the dole while you work as a taxi driver. Year 2, 75% of dole, Yr3 = 50% of dole and so on.
I cannot comment on whether they got contributions towards cars and plates as did'nt ask that question, but the above is fact and comes from a mate who works in a city centre dole office in Dublin. Some Irish took up the scheme but mostly former asylum seekers joined
the social welfare have a scheme at the minute to take people off the dole and it was mainly targeted at immigrants.
You agree not to sign on again (not sure if there's some legal sign off around this) and in year 1, you get 100% of the dole while you work as a taxi driver. Year 2, 75% of dole, Yr3 = 50% of dole and so on.
I cannot comment on whether they got contributions towards cars and plates as did'nt ask that question, but the above is fact and comes from a mate who works in a city centre dole office in Dublin. Some Irish took up the scheme but mostly former asylum seekers joined
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