electronic sign on?

mondeo

Was in the social welfare waiting with my partner for her to sign on this morning in tallaght, she was told by this lady speaking to everyone in the que that she would have to electronicaly press a touch screen PDF type device at the sign on hatch stating her circumstance had not changed etc. In the end she just had to sign a regular sign on card thingy and no such touch screen PDF thingy was presented to her.

Anyone else have to use an electronic system signing on recently?
I'm just curious to know if this is a new thing they are doing g now.

Thanks

Dunny

Yes. It's a small black device with a pen. You have to read and accept the three questions and then sign. The white cards are gone now.

PammyD

This is only a very new thing. The white ppsn cards are still there but are proposed to be phased out and replaced with a chip and pin card with picture ID (only one of which iv seen as yet)..

mondeo

Dunny! wrote: »

Yes. It's a small black device with a pen. You have to read and accept the three questions and then sign. The white cards are gone now.

That's interesting. She wasn't given this device with those 3 questions today. She was just given the white card to sign by the lady behind the desk despite being
advised of it by another staff member at the que.

Is there reason to be concerned?

Dunny

Im not sure.

It was installed in the local SWO here last month. Just hand in your social card as usual and the computer loads up the device.

It was much easier signing the cards imo

eastbono

mondeo wrote: »

That's interesting. She wasn't given this device with those 3 questions today. She was just given the white card to sign by the lady behind the desk despite being
advised of it by another staff member at the que.

Is there reason to be concerned?

I would think there is no need to be concerned. This system is being phased into sw offices. Obviously day 1 of phasing in this system was taking too long and some people just signed csd card... i.e signing card.

eastbono

PammyD wrote: »

This is only a very new thing. The white ppsn cards are still there but are proposed to be phased out and replaced with a chip and pin card with picture ID (only one of which iv seen as yet)..

This is totally different to what OP was talking about. What OP was talking about is the new signing pad in offices not the new ppsn ID card.

mondeo

Well I called the social welfare this morning and they confirmed that some people were not catered for via the electronic method but on their next sign on day they will be.

HandoLogan

I'm curious about one thing. What happens if your signature is slightly different from the sample you have provided, lets face it, nobody's signature is exactly the same every time. One would hope they take this into account.
If I forget my reading glasses, which I have done on occasion, my signature is different because I'm not seeing 20/20.
If your signature is rejected, will the machine inform you there and then or, as expected it in this country, you will only find out it was rejected, when you go to the post office to collect your Job Seekers allowance to be told it has not been processed. Then, as you all know, your life is in the ****ter, until it gets sorted, forms, phone calls, lazy ass civil servants who don't understand how vital a regular payment is to your life.

There are a number of factors that can affect the signature of a person. Lets hope this does not turn into a debacle, like most things in this country.

Tombi!

You mean on the electronic signing?
It's fine, honestly. It's practically impossible to use it to get a good siganature.

What matters most is that you have the photo ID card, I think.