I retired from an garda siochana in May having reached compulsary retirement age of 60, I Joined in 1999 ( post 1995) having had a few years army service from the 1980,s on retirement i was entitled to circa 90% of a full garda pension, as i joined post 1995 i paid class A PRSI, . This means i recieve circa two thirds of my pension from dept of justice , but have to exhaust social welfare benefits before i can get the other third ( Supplementary).
Since May this year i have to queue at the post office every week to get my jobseekers benifit and apparently i will have to do this for nine months until benefit runs out i am then assesed by social welfare , where i have already told them i have a capital lump sum saved.
Apparently when i get a letter from social welfare to say im not entitled to social welfare i then send this to Justice pension section, and i will then recieve my supplementary pension.
My queries are - I am 60yrs of age i was retired from an garda siochana, (maximum age 60) I am not interested in working again, I have now recieved a letter from social welfare to say i have to attend a compulsory jobs/course seminar as part of a group of jobseekers, if i do not attend my benefit will be reduced or cut.
Any advice on how i can recieve my Supplementary pension without going through this charade and enjoy my retirement? Many Thanks
Since May this year i have to queue at the post office every week to get my jobseekers benifit and apparently i will have to do this for nine months until benefit runs out i am then assesed by social welfare , where i have already told them i have a capital lump sum saved.
Apparently when i get a letter from social welfare to say im not entitled to social welfare i then send this to Justice pension section, and i will then recieve my supplementary pension.
My queries are - I am 60yrs of age i was retired from an garda siochana, (maximum age 60) I am not interested in working again, I have now recieved a letter from social welfare to say i have to attend a compulsory jobs/course seminar as part of a group of jobseekers, if i do not attend my benefit will be reduced or cut.
Any advice on how i can recieve my Supplementary pension without going through this charade and enjoy my retirement? Many Thanks