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Dole holidays curtailed

Pkiernan

Thank God. Some sanity at last.

On the dole and go on a foreign holiday- lose your scratch!

https://www.thejournal.ie/travel-pandemic-unemployment-payment-5140755-Jul2020/

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Spanish Eyes

Surely those in receipt of taxpayer funded payments would have some conscience WRT to those who worked and carried on and so on and paid, and are paying for this for them. TBH I think it was great that no one was destitute, full marks to the decision of the Gov at the time for doing this, it took so much stress off many people.

But now if they are going on holliers at my feckin expense I'd need a word with the Minister! LOL.

Atlantic Dawn

Queasy Tadpole wrote: »

As far as I'm aware all social welfare payments are into the bank at the moment, including the €350 weekly special.

They were moved to being paid every 2 weeks from March. Not sure on the €350 payment that might be direct to bank account.

Queasy Tadpole

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

You won't be around to collect your dole, they will wonder why and likely cancel it. If they decide to call your mobile and you brought it with you it will ring with a foreign ring tone.

As far as I'm aware all social welfare payments are into the bank at the moment, including the €350 weekly special.

Away With The Fairies

They don't mention anything about illness benefit. Can't you get the benefit if you have to isolate?

What about coming back from holidays? Can they not claim the illness benefit for the two weeks since they are being asked to self isolate?

Atlantic Dawn

Queasy Tadpole wrote: »

Go on holidays, don't inform the department - keep your dole.

Zero ways to police this.

You won't be around to collect your dole, they will wonder why and likely cancel it. If they decide to call your mobile and you brought it with you it will ring with a foreign ring tone.

Meeoow

Pkiernan wrote: »

Thank God. Some sanity at last.

On the dole and go on a foreign holiday- lose your scratch!

https://www.thejournal.ie/travel-pandemic-unemployment-payment-5140755-Jul2020/

I wouldn't begrudge people on stamped dole or the covid payment going on holiday and keeping their payments.
But people on the free dole shouldn't be able to claim it and go on holiday. There's plenty of people working who can't afford a holiday.

All that fandango

How would this be policed I wonder? Considering the majority of PUP payments go straight into the recipients bank account?

Limpy

Here lads don't go on holidays but we'll let you book them no problem, as we don't know what to do really. They need to form a policy that's inline with the EU otherwise it'll be tail between the legs back to Boris.

Queasy Tadpole

Go on holidays, don't inform the department - keep your dole.

Zero ways to police this.

polesheep

Pkiernan wrote: »

Let me see...

Bored sitting at home all day doing nothing?

How about a free holiday in Spain doing nothing to cheer you up.

Don't worry about the cost, we'll get Paddy Taxpayer to foot the bill .

Sitting at home wondering if you will have a job to go back to after the restrictions on your employment have been lifted.

A holiday that you paid for months ago when you were still working.

No taxpayer's (of which you are normally one) money involved.

'We're all in this together'. Yeah, right.:rolleyes:

jay1988

Pkiernan wrote: »

Let me see...

Bored sitting at home all day doing nothing?

How about a free holiday in Spain doing nothing to cheer you up.

Don't worry about the cost, we'll get Paddy Taxpayer to foot the bill .

I'll take one if there's one going!

Pkiernan

Let me see...

Bored sitting at home all day doing nothing?

How about a free holiday in Spain doing nothing to cheer you up.

Don't worry about the cost, we'll get Paddy Taxpayer to foot the bill .

polesheep

suicide_circus wrote: »

we've been told in work if we go abroad we wont be paid for the 14 day quarantine period. absolutely fair.

But you will be paid for your holiday time.

suicide_circus

we've been told in work if we go abroad we wont be paid for the 14 day quarantine period. absolutely fair.

shivermetimber

No mention of this on any official sources that I can find. You currently don't have to sign on anywhere if on jobseekers/PUP so how will they know if you do travel? Additionally, the contact tracing form does not stipulate use of its information for this purpose so that's probably a GDPR breach if it is to be passed on to them.

Initially it all sounds like a load of BS being fed to the media in an attempt to try and dissuade a certain amount of people from non essential travel.