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drawing the dole

  • 23-09-2011 1:12am
    #1
    needsajob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭


    hi everyone, i finished college over a year ago and have been unable to get a proper job as it was in construction, but a neighbour took me on labouring for the last 11 months paying me in cash but now all the work has dried up so i need to start drawing the dole as i cant get any other work and any savings i've had have been spent in the last month of unemployment, my problem is what do i tell welfare i've been doing for the last year?
    most of the summer jobs i've had while in school college have been for cash aswell so its been around 2007 since i paid tax, if i say i was gone travelling for the last few months have they anyway of proving i wasnt? or what should i tell them


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  • #2
    Eoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,257 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    moved to state benefits


  • #3
    cee_jay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,920 ✭✭✭cee_jay


    If you tell them you were gone travelling, they could ask for proof of flights - it will be tied in with the habitual residence condition.
    You tell them what you have been doing - simple as.
    You won't be the first, and you definitely won't be the last - they have come across many others in the same situation as you.


  • #4
    wmpdd3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,625 ✭✭✭wmpdd3


    Agree, with above, what ever you tell them they will ask for proof. As long as you didnt avail of any benefits while working off the books, you may be OK.

    Any employer knows when they pay someone cash in hand that there is a chance the SW and the Taxman will catch up with the,.

    The main problem now is, you have no PRSI contributions so you will be means tested, are you living at home?
    What age are you?
    Your payment could be as low as €23 per week if living at home and under 25.


  • #5
    Worztron
    Registered Users Posts: 8,751 ✭✭✭Worztron


    needsajob wrote: »
    hi everyone, i finished college over a year ago and have been unable to get a proper job as it was in construction, but a neighbour took me on labouring for the last 11 months paying me in cash but now all the work has dried up so i need to start drawing the dole as i cant get any other work and any savings i've had have been spent in the last month of unemployment, my problem is what do i tell welfare i've been doing for the last year?
    most of the summer jobs i've had while in school college have been for cash aswell so its been around 2007 since i paid tax, if i say i was gone travelling for the last few months have they anyway of proving i wasnt? or what should i tell them

    needsajob, what happened in the end? What happened to your neighbour?

    Mitch Hedberg: "Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something."



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