Paid too much???

Ant11

I'm cohabiting with my girlfriend who's on disability allowance. During my college term she gets dependent adults allowance. I finished college this summer and signed on until I start my job in September. When I signed on I explained that I was under my OH dependabt adult payment and would be coming off that and onto my own payment. They agreed and I had to give them a copy of her P45 as she was previously working a few months beforehand.

I got my first full payment this week and today my girlfriend still received her d.a. plus the dependent adult amount. Should she have gotten this? I assumed this would have stopped since we're on separate payments now.

I did my part and told them about my situation, which they were already aware of anyway. If its a mistake on their part we will be stuck with the repayments so I'd rather find out why she still received the payment.

Cushie Butterfield

It could be just a timing/crossover issue, but to be safe & to avoid any backdated deductions from your girlfriend's payments she should contact DA section herself to clarify the situation.

Ant11

Ant11 wrote: »

I'm cohabiting with my girlfriend who's on disability allowance. During my college term she gets dependent adults allowance. I finished college this summer and signed on until I start my job in September. When I signed on I explained that I was under my OH dependabt adult payment and would be coming off that and onto my own payment. They agreed and I had to give them a copy of her P45 as she was previously working a few months beforehand.

I got my first full payment this week and today my girlfriend still received her d.a. plus the dependent adult amount. Should she have gotten this? I assumed this would have stopped since we're on separate payments now.

I did my part and told them about my situation, which they were already aware of anyway. If its a mistake on their part we will be stuck with the repayments so I'd rather find out why she still received the payment.

Following on from this my OH got a letter in the post today saying that she was overpaid and she has to pay x amount back. Where do we stand on this??

As above when I signed onto the dole for the summer I informed the SW about the dependant adult payment. My OH also informed them of this herself yet they still continued to pay the dependant adult payment into her account. I also rang the disability allowance section in Longford and told them on the phone, to which I was told that everything was fine and the payment continued.

I started my business in September and finished my own dole payment. We were moving house at the same time so my OH had to send a letter to Longford for change or address and also made a note that she's was still receiving the dependant adult allowance. After this she was called into the local office and question etc etc. Then this week we get this letter in the post saying they want x amount of money back.

Do anyone know what the situation is with having to pay this back??

As far as I'm concerned we made more than an effort to tell them about this additional money and it is their fault they made a f1ck up but I know their not gona see it that way.

Oh and to top it off the letter addressed to my girlfriend says "It is decided that you had no entitlement to this allowance during this period because your wife was in receipt of a SW payment in her own right during this period".

I've 21 days to appeal against this.

Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.

Gatling

Pay back the over payment easiest solution ,doesn't matter if they made the mistake,
Was this over payment actually spent

Ant11

Gatling wrote: »

Pay back the over payment easiest solution ,doesn't matter if they made the mistake,
Was this over payment actually spent

Yeah money is gone and it's too much to pay back straight away. I assume they will have to set up some sort of payment system.

Gatling

Ant11 wrote: »

Yeah money is gone and it's too much to pay back straight away. I assume they will have to set up some sort of payment system.

They will probably decide how much they want back weekly then deduct it directly from the weekly money if I remember correctly

Ant11

Gatling wrote: »

They will probably decide how much they want back weekly then deduct it directly from the weekly money if I remember correctly

Yeah I reckon your right. I'd like to send them a letter just to make a point about their incompetence but I would probably be wasting my time.

Kristopherus

Ant11 wrote: »

Yeah money is gone and it's too much to pay back straight away. I assume they will have to set up some sort of payment system.

They will come to an arrangement to pay it back over a fairly lengthy period, easily enough.