Hi.
This morning someone from Revenue called to the site where I am building my own house.
He had questions about the block layer so we answered them all, name, address, total cost of blocks, how much we had given to date.
He asked who was doing the roof. My partner told him himself and my brother were there today putting up joists. My brother is on social welfare as he cannot get a job. There is no money to give my brother he was doing it as a favour so we could get the joists done so the block layer could finish up. We do not have a mortgage and we and my kids live with my parent as we were trying to do the house bit by bit. My brother and partner were putting up joists yesterday, my brother offered to help as a favour as he knows there is no money.
The guy from revenue said even though money is not changing hands that you cannot help out on a job when on social welfare. My brother did voluntary work 2 days last week in his community and was told that is not allowed either?
Now I am worried we have gotten my own brother into trouble without even realising. He is going to go in and speak to social welfare and see what the story is. We have closed up the site which is not a problem but I am worried now he is in trouble. They were doing the joists so the block layer could come back to finish the gables. My brother also helped two days a few months ago when my partner and his brothers were digging the foundations.
Now have I got him in trouble by him helping us out? I feel awful that he was doing me a favour as he has a heart of gold and really would do anything for me and never ask anything in return and I accepted his help not knowing he wasn't allowed help out when no money was involved.
I have receipts for everything, all the materials and the labour that we have paid the block layer, plumber etc. We just gave nothing to the family members.
This morning someone from Revenue called to the site where I am building my own house.
He had questions about the block layer so we answered them all, name, address, total cost of blocks, how much we had given to date.
He asked who was doing the roof. My partner told him himself and my brother were there today putting up joists. My brother is on social welfare as he cannot get a job. There is no money to give my brother he was doing it as a favour so we could get the joists done so the block layer could finish up. We do not have a mortgage and we and my kids live with my parent as we were trying to do the house bit by bit. My brother and partner were putting up joists yesterday, my brother offered to help as a favour as he knows there is no money.
The guy from revenue said even though money is not changing hands that you cannot help out on a job when on social welfare. My brother did voluntary work 2 days last week in his community and was told that is not allowed either?
Now I am worried we have gotten my own brother into trouble without even realising. He is going to go in and speak to social welfare and see what the story is. We have closed up the site which is not a problem but I am worried now he is in trouble. They were doing the joists so the block layer could come back to finish the gables. My brother also helped two days a few months ago when my partner and his brothers were digging the foundations.
Now have I got him in trouble by him helping us out? I feel awful that he was doing me a favour as he has a heart of gold and really would do anything for me and never ask anything in return and I accepted his help not knowing he wasn't allowed help out when no money was involved.
I have receipts for everything, all the materials and the labour that we have paid the block layer, plumber etc. We just gave nothing to the family members.