Waiting time for opfp

[Worriedmum]

My son is 4 months old, I applied for opfp 7 wks ago & had an interview with inspector 5 wks ago. I am on maternity leave but i'm returning to work in 2 weeks...due to problems with childcare I will be earning less than what i'm recieving now!
I'm in sligo & wondering how long my payment will take to come through as I once had a terrible experience with the cwo & would prefer to try & hold out rather than attempting to get money from him.
Thanks for any advice

 

[embattled12]

Have you seeked maintanance from the childs father????

 

[Fullback]

At the end of August the average waiting time was 16 weeks! Not sure if things have improved since.

 

[Worriedmum]

Thanks for the answers, as regards to maintanance, i'm getting 40 euro a week from my sons dad, I know I am lucky to get this amount as he is unemployed but it doesn't go very far!!