dubdoyle123
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Hi,
I wonder if someone could help please.
My son went to social welfare 2 weeks ago to make a claim. He left school nearly a year ago and has never claimed, he has been working in a pub, (lounge boy) since he was 16 and works 2 nights earning about 70 euro weekly. Because of the lack of customers, this position recently ended.
He has tried to get on a Fas training scheme, and Fas have told him he needed to make a claim with social welfare in order to take up the place in the one years training as they cannot pay him anything unless he does so.
He then went with his letter and application from Fas, he asked could he put in the claim and explained to them this was not a "choice" as our politicians would have people believe he was choosing to make, there were no jobs available, having exhausted any listings available, Fas, unfortunately may have been the only option open, the most he would be entitled to is 100euro weekly, being under 24, as he had paid enough stamps to have an entitlement of 86.00. I asked when stamps ran out would he have to reapply for benefit,they said they would put him in for JA, which was 14 euro extra.
I gave proof of my income as required, which incidently is very little. as I am seperated I gave him a contact number for my ex and his current address, as my ex. pays the mortgage on our home, he does not pay any other monies. My ex is not my sons father and I did explain this, and explain he may not engage in any means tests they were conducting.
It is now nearly 3 weeks later, my son has lost the place he was trying to get with Fas and the social welfare has not contacted him. He went back (4th time) Friday and they told him they were conducting a means assesment and there would be a letter sent explaining this, also a means officer would conduct the said means assesment at the end of the month?
I am wondering (having read in a paper this morning, the the minister for social protection Joan Burton, stated people were leaving school now and making a lifestyle choice to go on the dole!). Do these politicians really live in the real world? Why would any young person make a lifestyle choice to survive on 100 euro a week? there is little or no work, there is little or no training programmes, also unfortunately for people who are from disadvantaged areas to get to third level education is very difficult, they have made this even more so having taken away any help that was previously available that made it easier to access third level.
My friends child is expecting to get the marks required to go to third level, unfortunately her mother cannot pay the weekly travel costs (without any other associated costs) which will occur to get her there, this young girl is frantically looking for part time work, McDonalds, shops, shopping centres, even cleaning companies have received CV's from her, to which there has not been one reply. Her mother lives on a payment of 207.00 illness benefit with two dependent children, from which rent, groceries, bills, etc has to be paid. I would really love to know what other choices Joan Burton knows to be available to these young people, and wish she would let us know.
I wonder if someone could help please.
My son went to social welfare 2 weeks ago to make a claim. He left school nearly a year ago and has never claimed, he has been working in a pub, (lounge boy) since he was 16 and works 2 nights earning about 70 euro weekly. Because of the lack of customers, this position recently ended.
He has tried to get on a Fas training scheme, and Fas have told him he needed to make a claim with social welfare in order to take up the place in the one years training as they cannot pay him anything unless he does so.
He then went with his letter and application from Fas, he asked could he put in the claim and explained to them this was not a "choice" as our politicians would have people believe he was choosing to make, there were no jobs available, having exhausted any listings available, Fas, unfortunately may have been the only option open, the most he would be entitled to is 100euro weekly, being under 24, as he had paid enough stamps to have an entitlement of 86.00. I asked when stamps ran out would he have to reapply for benefit,they said they would put him in for JA, which was 14 euro extra.
I gave proof of my income as required, which incidently is very little. as I am seperated I gave him a contact number for my ex and his current address, as my ex. pays the mortgage on our home, he does not pay any other monies. My ex is not my sons father and I did explain this, and explain he may not engage in any means tests they were conducting.
It is now nearly 3 weeks later, my son has lost the place he was trying to get with Fas and the social welfare has not contacted him. He went back (4th time) Friday and they told him they were conducting a means assesment and there would be a letter sent explaining this, also a means officer would conduct the said means assesment at the end of the month?
I am wondering (having read in a paper this morning, the the minister for social protection Joan Burton, stated people were leaving school now and making a lifestyle choice to go on the dole!). Do these politicians really live in the real world? Why would any young person make a lifestyle choice to survive on 100 euro a week? there is little or no work, there is little or no training programmes, also unfortunately for people who are from disadvantaged areas to get to third level education is very difficult, they have made this even more so having taken away any help that was previously available that made it easier to access third level.
My friends child is expecting to get the marks required to go to third level, unfortunately her mother cannot pay the weekly travel costs (without any other associated costs) which will occur to get her there, this young girl is frantically looking for part time work, McDonalds, shops, shopping centres, even cleaning companies have received CV's from her, to which there has not been one reply. Her mother lives on a payment of 207.00 illness benefit with two dependent children, from which rent, groceries, bills, etc has to be paid. I would really love to know what other choices Joan Burton knows to be available to these young people, and wish she would let us know.