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Dole payments whilst in prison

periodictable · 2014-03-23 22:38:13

This could be an urban legend,but here goes. Came up in conversation with someone who claimed that there's a difference in treatment between settled people and Travellers in relation to dole payments and prison sentences. If a two people, one a Traveller, the other a non-Traveller are receiving unemployment payments, and…

23-03-2014 10:38pm

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This could be an urban legend,but here goes.
Came up in conversation with someone who claimed that there's a difference in treatment between settled people and Travellers in relation to dole payments and prison sentences.
If a two people, one a Traveller, the other a non-Traveller are receiving unemployment payments, and if each has to serve a prison sentence, that the non-Traveller loses his payments, but the Traveller's accumulate whilst he's in prison, and he can collect the lot once released.
I find it hard to believe. Any truth to this?

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#2 23-03-2014 11:16pm

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