Christmas Arrangements Social Welfare

Greenmachine

Receving Jobseekers allowance every tuesday.
I am just wondering if anyone know the xmas arrangements
RE: payment dates.
Can't find anything on the web except for 2010 dates.

thanks

GM

1Marlo1

Also looking for info and cant find any, please post if nayone knows, tks

four18

This years 2011 not posted yet, here is last years, might give you some idea etc

http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Pages/ChristmasArrangements2010.aspx

Nolanger

Check their Twitter page.

hdowney

Nolanger wrote: »

Check their Twitter page.

they have a twitter page? link pls?

Greenmachine

Nolanger wrote: »

Check their Twitter page.

Link please.

eastbono

No payments info issued yet. Just keep a check out at your post office. They will have notices up with regard to payment dates.

Balagan

Nolanger wrote: »

Check their Twitter page.

Naughty!

Nolanger

Not a thing naughty about it.

http://twitter.com/#!/welfare_ie

Balagan

Nolanger wrote: »

Not a thing naughty about it.

http://twitter.com/#!/welfare_ie

Suffering J----! And they can't even answer the bloody phones!

cee_jay

Balagan wrote: »

Suffering J----! And they can't even answer the bloody phones!

Maybe if there were options like this one available to customers, and there was a good take up, there would be less phone calls, which would mean more people getting answered? Or even a verified representative on here answering questions on an official basis - could cut down on a lot of calls people make to the office if they had other avenues of customer service to explore?
I wonder whatever happened to the verified representative from Citizen's Information - don't see him around these parts much anymore!
Anyway that is seriously going off on a tangent!

confuseddotcom

cee_jay wrote: »

Maybe if there were options like this one available to customers, and there was a good take up, there would be less phone calls, which would mean more people getting answered? Or even a verified representative on here answering questions on an official basis - could cut down on a lot of calls people make to the office if they had other avenues of customer service to explore?
I wonder whatever happened to the verified representative from Citizen's Information - don't see him around these parts much anymore!
Anyway that is seriously going off on a tangent!

Was there someone from Cit Info on here??!! WOW! That must have been some bruises and batters Forum!! They log outta Boards crying I Hate My Job!!! How long ago was that?! They'd have their work cut out for them these days if they were on here I'd say!! :eek::eek::D Would love to be a fly on the Desktop for that!! :D

Greenmachine

Just saw this. Not sure how it will copy.
So next 24 hours if what I heard about twitter are through.

@welfare_ie
welfare.ie
@McMahonRobert Christmas opening & payment arrangements will be published soon on welfare.ie. We'll tweet a link.
2 hours ago via web

Lisa2011

I would assume it will be the second or third week in December. Probably the week leading up to christmas

mary55

Hi if you check on www.welfare.ie and on top of page there is a tab that says christmas arrangements click that and you can find out payment details for christmas 2011.

Plazaman

Hopefully this will work.....

Weekly Payments:
Payments normally collected on: may be collected from:

Monday 19th & 26th December Monday 19th December
Tuesday 20th & 27th December Tuesday 20th December
Wednesday 21st & 28th December Wednesday 21st December
Thursday 22nd & 29th December Thursday 22nd December
Friday 23rd & 30th December Friday 23rd December
Monday 2nd January 2012 Friday 30th December 2011

number10a

Just up online now.

http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Pages/ChristmasArrangements2011.aspx

So basically nothing changes except you get a double payment the week before Christmas.

single mummy

Christmas Payment Arrangements 2011
The Department's offices will be closed on Monday 26 December, Tuesday 27 December and Monday 2 January 2012.

Electronic Information Transfer (EIT) collected from An Post
Weekly Payments
All customers paid weekly will receive their normal payment(s) and an advance payment during the week beginning Monday 19 December, 2011. The advance payment will be the payment(s) due in the week beginning Monday 26 December 2011 and therefore there will be no regular weekly payment(s) that week.

Payments due for collection on Monday 26 December 2011 may be collected from Monday 19 December 2011.

Payments due for collection on Tuesday 27 December 2011 may be collected from Tuesday 20 December 2011.

Payments due for collection on Wednesday 28 December 2011 may be collected from Wednesday 21 December 2011.

Payments due for collection Thursday 29 December 2011 may be collected from Thursday 22 December 2011.

Payments due for Friday 30 December 2011 may be collected from Friday 23 December 2011.

Payments due for Monday 2 January 2012 may be collected from Friday 30 December 2011.

Normal payment dates will resume from Tuesday 3 January 2012.

Monthly Payments
Monthly payments will issue as normal with the exception of SWA Supplement payments as follows;

Due Date: Friday 23, Monday 26, Tuesday 27 & Wednesday 28 December 2011
Pay Date: Friday 23 December 2011

Due Date: Thursday 29 December 2011
Pay Date: Thursday 29 December 2011

Payment directly to an account in a financial institution – (Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT))
Weekly Payments
All customers paid weekly will receive their normal payment(s) and an advance payment during the week beginning Monday 19 December, 2011. The advance payment will be the payment(s) due in the week beginning Monday 26 December 2011 and therefore there will be no regular weekly payment(s) that week.

Payments for Maternity Benefit and Health & Safety Benefit due Monday 26 December 2011 will be paid on the Friday 23 December 2011.

Payments due on Monday 2 January 2012 for Jobseekers Allowance, Jobseekers Benefit, Illness Benefit, Maternity, Health and Safety Benefit and Basic Supplementary Welfare Allowance will be paid on Friday 30 December 2011.

Normal payment dates will resume from Tuesday 3 January 2012.

Monthly Payments
Monthly payments will issue as normal with the exception of SWA Supplement payments which are due to be paid on Monday 26, Tuesday 27 & Wednesday 28 December 2011 which will be paid on the Friday 23 December 2011.

Monthly payments for SWA Supplement due on Thursday 29 December 2011 will be paid on Thursday 29 December 2011.

Foreign EFT Payments
Foreign payments will be paid as normal

Illness/Injury Benefit
All Illness/Injury Benefit customers must continue to send in medical certificates as normal over the Christmas period.

Christmas Signing Arrangements for Jobseekers Customers
Signing is suspended for all customers due to sign in the four-week period from Monday, 12th December 2011 until Friday, 6 January 2012.

Customers who sign other than on a monthly basis and who are due to sign between Monday, 12th December and 6th January 2012 are excused signing for that period and are being advised of their next signing date.

Postal signers - dockets
Signing for postal signers is suspended from 12th December 2011 until 6th January 2012. If a postal signing customer’s next signing day falls during this period, the customer will not receive a docket. However, their next docket will cover an eight-week period.

Customers working casually
Casual customers are advised to return dockets for the weeks-ending 13/14, 20/21 and 27th/28th December to their local office by 12th December to ensure continuous payment over the Christmas period. As dockets are produced in advance in batches of 4 customers may receive dockets for these dates over separate mailings.:)

Clairehoop

I am supposed to collect my social welfare tomorrow, was just wondering if it's possible to collect it today?

looksee

Are pension payments the same as the above?

mp22

Invalidly pension got 2 weeks payment yesterday.

lauramegan

does anyone know about the child benefit payment for people who get it through the bank as it usually goes in on a saturday when the following monday is a bank holiday???

jimmyendless

Anyone know what he story is with the payments that were moved to earlier dates. Do we have three days from the new earlier date to collect it or do we now have 4 days? My payment that should be today(2nd) was available on the 30th. Do I have til Wednesday or Thursday to collect it?

johnboyaye

I work Part Time 3 Days a week cause thats all i can get anyone know story with Job Seekers Allowance Payments and when we will receive next payment and do we just get cheque through letterbox as usual?

Cheers

CK2010

johnboyaye wrote: »

I work Part Time 3 Days a week cause thats all i can get anyone know story with Job Seekers Allowance Payments and when we will receive next payment and do we just get cheque through letterbox as usual?

Cheers

Im wondering this too, got two checks before x-mas, was expecting them to start back as usual today but didnt get one..

eastbono

CK2010 wrote: »

Im wondering this too, got two checks before x-mas, was expecting them to start back as usual today but didnt get one..

Next cheques will issue Friday night so payment next week.

CK2010

eastbono wrote: »

Next cheques will issue Friday night so payment next week.

was afraid of that! thanks

upinthesky

i got 2 eeks on the 20th dec so i should get a ceque this week right?

my partner is on jsa and he got his double week 20th and aslo got paid tuesday