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Welfare officers are a joke..

tucker1971 · 2014-12-12 11:49:29

So, someone I know has gotten a new house from the council, rent is €35 a week. They call to their welfare office and ask for money to furnish it, here ye are pet, a cheque for 3 grand!! Now, in exceptional cirmcumstances I can understand someone needing a hand out to help with furnishing but 3 grand?? The worse part is…

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So, someone I know has gotten a new house from the council, rent is €35 a week. They call to their welfare office and ask for money to furnish it, here ye are pet, a cheque for 3 grand!!

Now, in exceptional cirmcumstances I can understand someone needing a hand out to help with furnishing but 3 grand??

The worse part is that they do not even have to provide invoices for what was purchased, so thats about 2 grand gone on drink.

Community welfare my hole, handing out cheques and not looking for evidence of how they are spent. Complete joke.

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Surely AH has reached it's dole thread quota for 2014?

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