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Social Welfare Insector

GF2013 · 2013-10-08 16:33:43

Hi all, Just wondering if it's normal for a social welfare inspector to call to my house unannounced? I have applied for disability allowance back in July and this was the first I heard from them in relation to my claim. I am house sharing with one other person, I'm female and he's male so i'm wondering if they think we…

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08-10-2013 5:33pm

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GF2013

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Hi all,

Just wondering if it's normal for a social welfare inspector to call to my house unannounced? I have applied for disability allowance back in July and this was the first I heard from them in relation to my claim. I am house sharing with one other person, I'm female and he's male so i'm wondering if they think we are a couple and hence the reason for the impromptu visit. Also, because my house mate works from home, he pays 450 of the rent and i just pay 250. That probably looks weird to them too so perhaps that's why they came? In fairness, the lady was really nice and not invasive at all, but i've never heard of them coming to the house for disability claims. Has anyone else heard of this?

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#2 09-10-2013 8:18pm
danjo-xx

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Inspectors can make unannounced calls to anyone applying for or in receipt of any type of benefit or allowance. If you were not there they would have made another call and then have called you into the office.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=74288040

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