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I was made redundant in the first week of October and went immediately to my local DSW office , made an appointment and about ten days later met with them. My employer delayed in producing P45 , so I had to wait about 3 more weeks before getting this, at which time I dropped it into the DSW office.
Today (Dec 10th) , having heard nothing from DSW , I phoned them, and after interminable waiting spoke with someone who looked up my 'Fresh Claim' ...
I was told that they have 'terrible staff problems' , and that they are only processing September claims at present !! I enquired as to when I might expect to hear something back, and was told that it might be a 'few weeks' .
I was somewhat shocked at this, since I have been without income now for over 2 months ,and it appears that I will be waiting up to 4 months in total to get a decision - no idea when I might receive a payment.
I have worked continually for over 30 years, have never claimed anything from Social Welfare ,in fact I paid over 65 k Euro last year in Tax , PRSI and USP charges. I am somewhat fortunate that I have sufficient funds to pay for my mortgage, living expenses etc for a few months , but I would imagine that there must be many people who are not so fortunate.
What on earth is going on with our Public Services ???
Greetings to All,
As i am new to this forum and i have never been unemployed since i first started working in ireland i have a few worries regarding the benefits and how things go.
I have been dismissed over misconduct after 5 years of employment ( enough prsi built up), now the second day i went to the SWO and submitted the JB form with the relevant documents, now they said that they will be in contact and i will receive a text message or a letter from the post, now its been 3 weeks and i havent heard of them yet. I read online that if you are fired then u have up-to 9 weeks of penalty and that i can appeal that. Well i never had the chance because i dont even know how far they gone processing my claim because they never got back to me, on the other hand i was at the Citizens Info and they advised me that i can claim Supplementary Welfare as im waiting for the benefit, so i filled out the form and gathered the documents i went back, unfortunately she said ( the officer) she cant check it because their system is down all day, and i have to come back tomorrow. My worries is that ive been out of payment for a month and i payed all my dues and now i really lived up my savings as i have an adult dependent.
My question is will i get any money soon and how long do i need to wait or what shall i do as i don't want to and up on the streets bagging and living of of craps and bits.
PS: Kinda got lengthy there, sorry for the drama, really depressed about the situation.Hope it gets sorted fast.
Regards,
Dan.
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