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A job at last

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  • 20-11-2011 2:16pm
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    lucy2010
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    After almost 3 years unemployed I have finally secured a job. I have been around the mill from illness benefit to lone parents to a BTWEA scheme. If it could happen with your payment it happened to me lol. There is a lot of myths out there regarding payments.It doesnt pay a huge amount but its more than I get on welfare. Now if I was getting all these myths of payments that supposidly everyone on welfare gets I would never have considered going back to work ( like God almighty who makes up these stories in the papers ).I feel like a new person - I also feel this is the greatest shove I have gotten to get off welfare payments & start making a positive future for me & the kids. I received a call out of the blue from an old employer looking for some help which resulted in an offer which i would never have expected.....So good luck everyone - there are guardian angels out there & there is light at the end of the tunnel.


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    Kristopherus
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    Congratulations & well done. Remember you can still hold on to all the secondary benefits that you had while on welfare, i.e. medical card etc. Best of luck with it all.


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    lucy2010
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    The medical cards all came in other day renewed for 3 years which I thought was bizarre. They lost my BTWEA paperwork so was about to have to reapply to it all. From what I am aware once I get my start date I just need to contact welfare & get them to stop my benefits.


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    Lisa2011
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    Congrats on the job. It must have been hard to keep going but you did so good luck with your new job


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    Kristopherus
    Registered Users Posts: 11,907 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    lucy2010 wrote: »
    The medical cards all came in other day renewed for 3 years which I thought was bizarre. They lost my BTWEA paperwork so was about to have to reapply to it all. From what I am aware once I get my start date I just need to contact welfare & get them to stop my benefits.

    Yea, thats all you need to do. If you have Med Card for next 3 yrs, hold on to them for dear life. As you well know a lot can change in that time.As you have said, your new job will pay more than Welfare, but in all probability you will still be inside the guidelines for a Med Card. What you also need to do is get a Tax Free Allowance Certificate from your nearest Revenue Office, otherwise you will be taxed on an emergency basis, which is very severe.


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