Extraordinarily generous thresholds for family income supplement

Rabidlamb

We've lately being popping out the sprogs but who would have known they hold such benefit.
Once you've 2 kids the government demand you've about €600 a week to live on, once you've 3 kids like me then you deserve €700 & so on.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/social_welfare_payments_to_families_and_children/family_income_supplement.html#l62fd2

FIS is a tax-free weekly payment for employees:
Working 19 or more hours per week (or 38 or more hours per fortnight). You can combine the weekly hours you have worked with your spouse, civil partner, cohabitant's hours to meet this condition.

FIS income limits in 2012:
If you have: And your weekly family income is less than:
One child €506
Two children €602
Three children €703
Four children €824
Five children €950
Six children €1,066
Seven children €1,202
Eight children €1,298

Basically, whatever you're short the government will make up 60% of the difference.
What a country we live in, god bless you Ireland.
I'll never leave your shores of generosity.

I'm shocked by this as I was not aware of this benefit's existence until a local welfare expert informed me last week.
What an age we live in.

SEPT 23 1989

Who was this local welfare expert?

ITS_A_BADGER

this is the same thread you posted half an hour ago???

why are you so persistent about this, the mod proved you wrong

pandaboy

Jakers, you're well eager to get your point across OP. Thread #2 & counting eh?

up for anything

Rabidlamb wrote: »

Basically, whatever you're short the government will make up 60% of the difference.

You should have researched it a bit better. That is not the way it works. :rolleyes:

FIS is calculated on the basis of 60% of the difference between the income limit for the family size and the assessable income of the person(s) raising the child(ren). ]

Pumpkinseeds

This makes me f@cking sick to my stomach. My dad hasn't been able to work for the past few years, he's in too much pain 24 hours a day, every day. He applied for disability benefit after finally accepting that he will never be able to work again. He's worked hard every day of his life since he was 16 years old and is a proud man. My mum works in an ordinary factory job making a modest salary. The social welfare payment my father is entitled to is 62 euro a week. What a f@cking sick sad joke this country truly is. :mad:

Duggy747

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Who was this local welfare expert?

Anto, the local hoodlum. :pac:

El Weirdo

What exactly are you trying to prove?

You say you want a debate but you provide nothing but a flaming OP.

Start this thread again and you'll be looking at a ban.

Also, I've edited the OP to remove the little dig at me. If you have a problem with my modding, drop me a PM - don't bring it up in the OP of another thread on the same subject.