That's why it also has to be collected in person at post office not put straight into bank account to rule out all those shenanigans
There are post offices all over the country but not social welfare offices, for the vast majority of people going to post office to collect your payment every week is alot better than having to travel to major town to sign on. Usually huge queues anyway at welfare offices all the time.Without wishing to derail the thread, wouldn't it be better to ask people to sign on , once a week and pay them directly to their bank account?
Putting large numbers of people, in a queue, and handing them cash seems like an unnecessary security risk. It's also a bit 1970's. Even in the UK where they are paranoid about welfare fraud, claimants are paid into a bank account.
Its the cash bit that is outdated. Surely, in 2023, we can transfer these meagre funds to people via bank transfer. If fraud is an issue, it is, probably, much easier, if you don't need a valid Irish bank account.There are post offices all over the country but not social welfare offices, for the vast majority of people going to post office to collect your payment every week is alot better than having to travel to major town to sign on. Usually huge queues anyway at welfare offices all the time.
During the Icelandic Ash cloud in 2010 when planes were grounded for weeks it was discovered that loads of people were claiming social welfare but living in Eastern Europe, they were not able to sign on thenIts the cash bit that is outdated. Surely, in 2023, we can transfer these meagre funds to people via bank transfer. If fraud is an issue, it is, probably, much easier, if you don't need a valid Irish bank account.
As for the article you quoted, it doesnt mention any prosecutions. Was there any real, verified evidence of thousands of Polish guys running back and forth to Warsaw, every month?
I agree, utterly absurd, requiring people to collect cash payments at PO & more to do with propping up Post Offices than Fraud. It also costs people to then lodge cash into bank their bank accounts plus there's an administrative cost, processing cash payments. Ironically DSP use fraud as a justification, when infact the worse frauds uncovered are pension frauds being collected at post offices.Its the cash bit that is outdated. Surely, in 2023, we can transfer these meagre funds to people via bank transfer. If fraud is an issue, it is, probably, much easier, if you don't need a valid Irish bank account.
As for the article you quoted, it doesnt mention any prosecutions. Was there any real, verified evidence of thousands of Polish guys running back and forth to Warsaw, every month?
That is simply not true. It is just a bullshit story somebody put in circulation to besmear foreigners. Unfortunately people keep repeating the same lie over and over again.During the Icelandic Ash cloud in 2010 when planes were grounded for weeks it was discovered that loads of people were claiming social welfare but living in Eastern Europe, they were not able to sign on then
Sigh....QED!Ash cloud crisis exposes 'welfare tourists'
DURING the volcanic-ash crisis that shut the country's airports the number of people who signed on the dole fell by more than 3,500, sparking suspicions that 'welfare tourists' are coming back to Ireland on cheap flights to claim benefits.www.independent.ie
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