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    #92
    Tinkerbell4484
    Registered Users Posts: 596 ✭✭✭Tinkerbell4484


    I’ve never given them anything other then payslips. When my husband started I gave them 2 payslips, and then for renewal in November I also gave 2 payslips, as his p60 wasn’t available. They never asked for anything else, just worked the figures from payslip


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    #93
    ShaShaBear
    Registered Users Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭ShaShaBear


    Tinkerbell4484 wrote: »
    I’ve never given them anything other then payslips. When my husband started I gave them 2 payslips, and then for renewal in November I also gave 2 payslips, as his p60 wasn’t available. They never asked for anything else, just worked the figures from payslip

    I'd be worried about delaying it as it says on the checklist to include a P60 and the most recent payslip


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    #94
    Tinkerbell4484
    Registered Users Posts: 596 ✭✭✭Tinkerbell4484


    ShaShaBear wrote: »
    I'd be worried about delaying it as it says on the checklist to include a P60 and the most recent payslip

    It was approved in December with our new rate which was correct with his weekly rate. They never asked for anything else. The renewal took about 4 weeks


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    #95
    Crunchymomma
    Registered Users Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭Crunchymomma


    Email received today said they are currently working on the last week of November so probably about four more weeks for my claim


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    #96
    Crunchymomma
    Registered Users Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭Crunchymomma


    Any new updates?? The wait time for this is ridiculous!


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    #97
    ShaShaBear
    Registered Users Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭ShaShaBear


    Crunchymomma wrote: »
    Any new updates?? The wait time for this is ridiculous!

    Our application is in over a week and we haven't even received confirmation that they've gotten it yet. I'm guessing from the posts about them working on Novembers backlog that they're into December's by now. Things looking rather bleak here if we're in for an 8 week wait just to be acknowledged :(


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    #98
    Crunchymomma
    Registered Users Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭Crunchymomma


    ShaShaBear wrote: »
    Our application is in over a week and we haven't even received confirmation that they've gotten it yet. I'm guessing from the posts about them working on Novembers backlog that they're into December's by now. Things looking rather bleak here if we're in for an 8 week wait just to be acknowledged :(

    The date they say they received mine was about three weeks after if sent in and it took at least two weeks more for the letter saying that to reach me


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    #99
    splinter65
    Registered Users Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    Crunchymomma wrote: »
    The date they say they received mine was about three weeks after if sent in and it took at least two weeks more for the letter saying that to reach me

    In fairness, it wasn’t opened the day it arrived .


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    #100
    Crunchymomma
    Registered Users Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭Crunchymomma


    splinter65 wrote: »
    In fairness, it wasn’t opened the day it arrived .

    I appreciate that but I do think the amount of time it all takes is incredibly long. They should be better staffed to handle the amount of applications they receive.

    Wait times have been longer than expected for a while now so I would have thought that maybe some more tcos would be taken on to assist with the backlog


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    #101
    splinter65
    Registered Users Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    Crunchymomma wrote: »
    I appreciate that but I do think the amount of time it all takes is incredibly long. They should be better staffed to handle the amount of applications they receive.

    Wait times have been longer than expected for a while now so I would have thought that maybe some more tcos would be taken on to assist with the backlog

    I rang Carers Allowance one day and hung on for 25 minutes. By the time someone answered I’d forgotten what I wanted. The person who answered the phone told me that there were 5 people assigned to Carers that day.
    Staff have been taken away from ordinary pensions to deal with the new pension review section.
    The current minister has no interest whatsoever and is hopeless. The Taoiseach is not interested in SW at all.


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    #102
    ShaShaBear
    Registered Users Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭ShaShaBear


    Crunchymomma wrote: »
    I appreciate that but I do think the amount of time it all takes is incredibly long. They should be better staffed to handle the amount of applications they receive.

    Wait times have been longer than expected for a while now so I would have thought that maybe some more tcos would be taken on to assist with the backlog

    It is ridiculous. A friend of mine applied last year and was waiting little over 6 weeks from start to finish.
    We're in the boat now where waiting twice that long could force a resignation - I can only imagine what the wait is like for a single income household :(


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    #103
    lisa_celtic
    Registered Users Posts: 682 ✭✭✭lisa_celtic


    Applies Jan 11th 2019 and paid today 08/02/2019 so 4 weeks which is super fast was not expecting it.


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    #104
    Crunchymomma
    Registered Users Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭Crunchymomma


    lisa_celtic wrote: »
    Applies Jan 11th 2019 and paid today 08/02/2019 so 4 weeks which is super fast was not expecting it.

    Was yours a new application or a renewal??


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    #105
    ShaShaBear
    Registered Users Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭ShaShaBear


    Crunchymomma wrote: »
    Was yours a new application or a renewal??

    Would like to know this too - we applied on the 28th of January!


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    #106
    lisa_celtic
    Registered Users Posts: 682 ✭✭✭lisa_celtic


    Crunchymomma wrote: »
    Was yours a new application or a renewal??

    Brand new application, money in bank this morning, back dated and i havnt even got a letter I qualify yet, I rang them up and they confirmed everything on the phone that the payment is from them.


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    #107
    lisa_celtic
    Registered Users Posts: 682 ✭✭✭lisa_celtic


    ShaShaBear wrote: »
    Would like to know this too - we applied on the 28th of January!

    New Application was not expecting it until April!


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    #108
    ShaShaBear
    Registered Users Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭ShaShaBear


    lisa_celtic wrote: »
    New Application was not expecting it until April!

    That's very good, might be hope that they're finally through the backlog!


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    #109
    splinter65
    Registered Users Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    lisa_celtic wrote: »
    Brand new application, money in bank this morning, back dated and i havnt even got a letter I qualify yet, I rang them up and they confirmed everything on the phone that the payment is from them.

    Happy days!


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    #110
    Crunchymomma
    Registered Users Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭Crunchymomma


    I just rang there and they said that they are working on the first week of December and she would be expecting it to be 2-3 weeks before a decision will be made on mine.


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    #111
    ZX7R
    Registered Users Posts: 3,426 ✭✭✭ZX7R


    Received mine last week.


    Does it get paid with your wages or separately into the bank,
    Just curious.


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    #112
    splinter65
    Registered Users Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    ZX7R wrote: »
    Received mine last week.


    Does it get paid with your wages or separately into the bank,
    Just curious.

    Into the bank or the PO whichever option you picked on the application form.


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    #113
    ZX7R
    Registered Users Posts: 3,426 ✭✭✭ZX7R


    splinter65 wrote: »
    Into the bank or the PO whichever option you picked on the application form.

    Thanks
    It's the bank so


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    #114
    Crunchymomma
    Registered Users Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭Crunchymomma


    ZX7R wrote: »
    Received mine last week.


    Does it get paid with your wages or separately into the bank,
    Just curious.

    I think yours was sent off around the same time as mine. Hopefully the woman today was wrong and mine might be faster than two or three weeks more


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    #115
    ZX7R
    Registered Users Posts: 3,426 ✭✭✭ZX7R


    Crunchymomma wrote: »
    I think yours was sent off around the same time as mine. Hopefully the woman today was wrong and mine might be faster than two or three weeks more

    Hopefully you get sorted soon


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    #116
    ShaShaBear
    Registered Users Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭ShaShaBear


    Got a letter in the post today to say that our application has been received (we posted it off on the 28th of January) and that there is "some delay" in processing applications. It also said there was no need to contact them, that they would be in touch with a result or if further information was required. Hopefully not too much longer now!


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    #117
    kittyc2018
    Registered Users Posts: 87 ✭✭kittyc2018


    ShaShaBear wrote: »
    Got a letter in the post today to say that our application has been received (we posted it off on the 28th of January) and that there is "some delay" in processing applications. It also said there was no need to contact them, that they would be in touch with a result or if further information was required. Hopefully not too much longer now!

    Got the same letter today, we posted our application on the 31st January. Hopefully it’s not too long a wait now.


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    #118
    Crunchymomma
    Registered Users Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭Crunchymomma


    Received letter today stating that my application was approved from 14/2/19. It was received into the wfp section on 21/12.


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    #119
    Mick Costello
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭Mick Costello


    Crunchymomma wrote: »
    Received letter today stating that my application was approved from 14/2/19. It was received into the wfp section on 21/12.

    So when do you think it will be back dated from?


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    #120
    Crunchymomma
    Registered Users Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭Crunchymomma


    Mick Costello wrote: »
    So when do you think it will be back dated from?

    My letter said it was approved from 20/12 so I'm presuming it will be backdated to then. I think a different section in there deal with that though so don't know how long it takes to come through


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    #121
    Missy99
    Registered Users Posts: 25 ✭Missy99


    It’s so frustrating
    My application was received by them on December 10th
    New application
    I rang 2 weeks ago and was told it was with deciding officer
    I rang again today and it’s STILL with deciding officer
    It’s getting annoying now
    How long does it take to make a decision


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