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Collection by someone else?

  • 04-07-2009 12:19pm
    #1
    zero19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,641 ✭✭✭


    Hi i sprained my ankle pretty badly last night and cannot walk without a lot of pain, i don't have a car or access to a car and i'm due to sign on and collect my welfare this coming tuesday here in galway, is it possible to call the office and explain i can't actually leave the house assuming i'm still in pain tuesday? Also as per the thread name, if i rang the post office in advance could my girlfriend collect my welfare payment?


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  • #2
    PCPhoto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,584 ✭✭✭PCPhoto


    you should be in a better position to go yourself on tues - I dont think anyone else can be allowed to claim your dole - if they allowed that someone could set up a business claiming dole for employed people.


  • #3
    zero19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,641 ✭✭✭zero19


    I hope i am alright, should be but just said i'd ask about this in case i'm not (in which case it's hospital ahoy for me!)


  • #4
    cee_jay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,920 ✭✭✭cee_jay


    The answer is no. You have to be fit and available for work (so able to go sign on and collect your own payment) - so if your ankle doesn't get better you are probably better off on illness benefit.


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