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[Article] Social welfare forms available on Internet

  • 07-02-2009 8:53pm
    #1
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,647 ✭✭✭✭


    http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0206/employment.html
    Social welfare forms available on Internet
    watch Friday, 6 February 2009 20:53

    Application forms for unemployment benefit have been made available on the internet in an effort to speed up processing claims.

    Minister for Social Affairs Mary Hanafin said the initiative is one of a number to improve services for those who have either lost their jobs or had their working hours reduced.

    The decision follows complaints from the St Vincent de Paul Society that it was taking as long as twelve weeks to get unemployment benefit in some places.
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    The Department of Social Affairs has already moved additional staff to local offices experiencing particular pressure.

    The application forms are available for the first time to download from her Department's website, www.welfare.ie, by clicking on the 'Recently Unemployed?' link.

    The Minister said being able to have the forms filled out in advance of arriving and having the appropriate documents will help both the jobseeker and the offices processing claims.

    Welcoming the initiative as encouraging, John Monaghan of the St Vincent de Paul Society said it was the right thing to do for men and women unfortunate enough to lose their jobs.


Comments

  • #2
    Nolanger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,556 ✭✭✭Nolanger


    The UP1 form states at the top:
    Please read information booklet SW 65 before you complete this form.
    but there's no SW65 booklet on the website?


  • #3
    IsThatSo?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 988 ✭✭✭IsThatSo?


    I was able to find a few links online to it, this being one of them:

    http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Publications/SW105/Pages/PointstoNote.aspx?cssFont=0

    If you scroll down the page there is a list of leaflets and links to them. The link to the sw65 is not working though, nor is it loading from other sources online. They must be updating it, a lot of the old links aren't working since the budget last year.


  • #4
    Nolanger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,556 ✭✭✭Nolanger


    IsThatSo? wrote: »
    The link to the sw65 is not working though, nor is it loading from other sources online. They must be updating it

    Welcome to prove me wrong but as far as I can tell the SW65 does not exist! Was an old booklet from years ago that's no longer available.
    Great that they put the UP1 form online to improve efficiency yet expect people to read a non-existent booklet first :rolleyes:


  • #5
    IsThatSo?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 988 ✭✭✭IsThatSo?


    Nolanger wrote: »
    Welcome to prove me wrong but as far as I can tell the SW65 does not exist! Was an old booklet from years ago that's no longer available.

    That would explain why the links for it don't work then :)


  • #6
    Neish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭Neish


    Just got one of these forms myself and was looking for the sw65 booklet. If its true it does not exist anymore, does anyone know if there is another booklet that replaced the sw65?


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