Lone parent looking for help about second child on the way?

Buffy the bitch

Right I know a friend who in due in 3 months.

She is also a care worker for her grandparents and spends a long time there, her grandad and nanny are always been brother to hospital with her. Grandad is on his way out and her Nanny has the last stage of Alzheimer's .


She got a grant from the Social for her first child for things like buggies and a cot but she has been told this time she can't get them because she got it the first, which is strange as my own sister got it twice.


Could anyone give me any info please? Please no citizeninformation I've been checking there site for hours.

seahorse

I dont see anything strange about the state being unwilling to provide cash for a second cot, pram etc when they've already paid for one and we are in the middle of a recession.

cee_jay

Its probably Exceptional Needs Payment that has been declined: http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Schemes/SupplementaryWelfareAllowance/Pages/ExceptionalNeedsPayments.aspx
If not happy with the decision of the CWO ask for an appeal form.

Buffy the bitch

seahorse wrote: »

I dont see anything strange about the state being unwilling to provide cash for a second cot, pram etc when they've already paid for one and we are in the middle of a recession.

IKt was 5 years ago when she got what do you want her to do keep the stuff? Black people in htis country get everything, she can't even afford to get a bit of oil to keep the house for when the baby is due

axer

Buffy the bitch wrote: »

Black people in htis country get everything

Really? All black people? Is it a precondition to be black to get everything?

phill106

Buffy the bitch wrote: »

IKt was 5 years ago when she got what do you want her to do keep the stuff? Black people in htis country get everything, she can't even afford to get a bit of oil to keep the house for when the baby is due

I dont know, perhaps she could keep it in the attic or spare room (if applicable). Like i did?

axel rose

Hi op,

Just read about your friends situation. Has she asked the baby father to provide money or buy her the stuff she needs?

mikemac

Contact the local community welfare officer
List here: http://findaddress.citizensinformation.ie/service_finder//
If the claim is rejected then considering appealing it

If that fails, you can pick up buggies and other gear for cheap in a St. Vincent de Paul shop, cost will be minimal.
I can't say I've seen buggies in a shop but I'd imagine they will have something

And if that doesn't work out, then ask the father to make a contribution which might have been Step 1

jahalpin

Why do you think that she should be entitled to a second set of baby equipment when the state has already paid for everything the first time?

Most people who buy the stuff themselves keep it in storage in case they need it again.

The state is already going to have to pay to raise the 2 children, it is unfair to expect them to pay for the basics again

We are in the middle of a very bad recession at the moment and people like your sister are costing the state a lot of money, which we really don't have. Perhaps, as another poster has already suggested, she should go after the father of the child for money or even do something crazy like actually look for a job.

mikemac

To be fair she has a job as a care worker

Xiney

Buffy the bitch wrote: »

Black people in htis country get everything

banned for a month

jahalpin wrote: »

she should [...] do something crazy like actually look for a job.

banned for a week



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