UK family moving to Ireland !

dolmen

Young UK family,, 3 children u-5, moving to Eire next month, (the Irish diaspora !!) has anyone any experience of what benefits they are entitled to ? bringing car etc,renting 3 bed for now. (They've heard all the racist stuff, so if you have anything intelligent + or - most welcome)

Fran79

Hi
me hubbie and little one moved from UK to here in Nov 2008. Stayed with FIL for a few months then rented our place (unfortunately hubbie has now been let go from his job.....but thats a different story).
Loads I could tell ya...probably best if you pm me with exact questions.

Just out of interest where exactly are you moving from / too?

Fran

flower tattoo

we moved here over 6 years ago with 2 under 2's and a car. They'll straight away be entitled to children's allowance but will have to get PPS numbers first - thats very quick to do.
They will need to change the car to Irish plates fairly quickly - if its been registered to a uk address for more than 6 months they won't need to pay VRT - the tax office will look for proof. We actually scraped by on 5 months and a good bit of arguing

Gnat

Moved here from UK six years ago. I would suggest that you bring as much documentation both personal and about the car as you can. You've got to prove that you've owned the car for at least six months, (may even be 12), before you can bring it in without paying the VRT which is very very expensive! For what its worth, unless the car is less than 5 years old, I'd flog it over there and pick up a cheap runabout when you get here. Before you do anything else, renting, leasing or living anywhere, I'd call into the nearest Citizens Information Office. Most of them are very helpful and will know their way around all the benefits you're entitled to. And they might even be able to advise on the better places to rent. Next, I don't know how familiar you are with Ireland, but this is not England. They might speak a similar language, but the whole culture is totally different from the UK and takes a lot of getting used to. That said and once you accept that you're in a foreign country you'll find life here fabulous and the people really are wonderful, (most of them anyway)! After you get over the "I can buy that in England for half the price" syndrome and accept that the cost of living over here is a lot more expensive. You'll realise that one has to pay a price to live in such a great place where the crime is relatively low and your kids can play out all day without the fear you have there.. (depending on where you're planning on living).

Hope this helps

yabadabado

you will be entitled to child benefit.call to your nearest social welfare office and apply for pps numbers then apply for child benefit.expect to be waiting a few months for this.I think you will be entitled to also get the Early Childcare Supplement.you wont be entitled to jobseekers benefit(no contributions paid).if you or your spouse are working you mite be entitled to F.I.S.(its means tested).

dolmen

dolmen wrote: »

Young UK family,, 3 children u-5, moving to Eire next month, (the Irish diaspora !!) has anyone any experience of what benefits they are entitled to ? bringing car etc,renting 3 bed for now. (They've heard all the racist stuff, so if you have anything intelligent + or - most welcome)

Many thanks Fran 79, Flower tattoo,Gnat and yabadado, for your replies. Was a little weary of racist stuff. so thanks for openess and honesty. I am Irish and My query referred to my Step daughter and family, moving to Cavan from Kent (to be near her Mum)

pokerface_me

dolmen wrote: »

Many thanks Fran 79, Flower tattoo,Gnat and yabadado, for your replies. Was a little weary of racist stuff. so thanks for openess and honesty. I am Irish and My query referred to my Step daughter and family, moving to Cavan from Kent (to be near her Mum)

Well wish them the best of luck with there move and i hope they enjoy Ireland as much as i do. Its not all bad some real nice genuine people here as you can see from this forum.

dlofnep

dolmen wrote: »

Many thanks Fran 79, Flower tattoo,Gnat and yabadado, for your replies. Was a little weary of racist stuff. so thanks for openess and honesty. I am Irish and My query referred to my Step daughter and family, moving to Cavan from Kent (to be near her Mum)

What sort of racism do you expect? My friends parents are both from Kent and have never received a bit of hassle in their 25 years here. I wish you all the best in your move, and welcome to Ireland!

mirror mirror

welcome to ireland,expect long wait dealing with social welfare,everything overpriced, gob****es in government, but other than that what a place

Mrs OBumble

dlofnep wrote: »

What sort of racism do you expect? My friends parents are both from Kent and have never received a bit of hassle in their 25 years here. I wish you all the best in your move, and welcome to Ireland!

The immigrants I feel most sorry for are English-born-of-Irish-parents: they grew up in England being told they're "not English", but when they come to Ireland, complete with English accents, they find that Irish people totally don't accept them as Irish. There are some very difficult situations.

OP, don't worry too much about the racist stuff: now that Ireland has immigrants from a wide range of places, the English have moved a number of steps up the pecking order. (Some Irish people will hate that I'm saying this and claim there never was any racism, but IMHO there was and is, and I've seen lots of examples.)

Re the advice about: I'm not so sure that the comment about job-seekers benefit is correct for someone coming from the UK. I think that there is a way to effectively transfer their entitlement from there to here. I just don't know the words to explain how this works.

mikemac

As said already be sure to have documentation for your car.
How long have you owned it?

It's pretty likely you'll be asked about it if you ever meet a checkpoint.
Those yellow plates will be like a lightbulb to a moth

Not sure of your entitlements though I did it the other way, Irish citizen claiming Job Seekers in Northern Ireland so it can be done. Though I was getting £56, a huge difference in rates between the two countries

www.welfare.ie
www.citizensinformation.ie

dolmen

Did'nt expect racism but its out there ! (Ask a young person from the Travelling Community) My Daughter i-law had posted for info on another site and got a nasty replies.
We Irish migrated all over the globe, were at the bottom of the pile in some countries (no dogs , no blacks, no Irish) but now the sons and daughters of sons and daughters are returning. Ceád Mile Fáilte regardless of the colour of your skin.
Thanks again to all for replies.

mikemac

dolmen wrote: »

Did'nt expect racism but its out there ! (Ask a young person from the Travelling Community)

The Irish government doesn't consider them a different race or ethnic group so no racism there!