Cancelled social welfare payment

ldavis

Hi,
I made a claim for casual social welfare payment in september 2013. I was working a seasonal job, it ended in september.

I filled out all the forms, I gave them the usual, birthcert, p45, banks statements. Then I was dropping in forms everyday, I received these forms from the social welfare, i declare the days I worked. my employer signs them. I drop them back to the social welfare. I received my first payment datet 18 december 2013. I assumed there would be weekly cheques evry since I received the first large cheque. That was the only payment I received

anyway, i was dropping in the declaration for work forms regularly til February. Then I problem arose. I was away training for a new job so I was absent from my current job, a manager was away. Therefore I handed in the forms a bit later than usual. The forms were a bit slow being returned.
The new job decided not to employ me after me doing two weeks training, grrrr

anyway, I dropped the forms in declaring all my work days from 4 February to 29 March on 29 March.

social welfare called me today 31 March (via phone). They told me that my claim was cancelled. They assumed that I hadn't dropped the forms in in 6 six weeks that I wasnt availing of my claim. My question is
1) why didnt they warn me in writing
2) why was there no forewarning via the phone/letter to my address
3) Have they a right to do cancel my claim, (like the way they did)
4) Can I appealu
5) Should I reopen my claim and go through all the procedures, it is a potential admittance of defeat
6) What should I

and they also sent me a letter enclosing the declaration of work forms til 1 April on 22 February 2014. Thus, it was assumed knowledge that me and the social welfare knew my claim was open on 22 February.

Personally, I feel as if the cancelled my claim because they are competing with other social welfare offices and they want less claimants. They choose me as a pawn to better their statistics

mrsbyrne

The arrangement is that you return the forms as soon as the are filled. That is how that works. You didn't bother sending any for 6 weeks. Why didn't you post them? You think that SW should send you a letter or even phone you to warn you? Do you know how many people are on the dole? What are you talking about competing saw offices??