Welfare scammers flying in and out of Cork Airport.

Rhys Essien

Is the system a total joke or what?

It must take some neck to even consider doing it.

http://www.eveningecho.ie/2013/10/11/50-people-caught-flying-cork-airport-claim-social-welfare/

sok2005

The whole article relates to actually catching the wrong doers, surely the system is doing something right, no?

Karl Stein

sok2005 wrote: »

The whole article relates to actually catching the wrong doers, surely the system is doing something right, no?

I guess that, ideally, the system should be such that it makes abusing it difficult in the first place.

I'm not sure how they'd achieve it though. Maybe one day notice sign on would catch the non-resident claimants?

harney

Apparently it costs the uk £1.9 billion per annum, so it looks like Ireland is doing quite well at that price.


http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24104743

irishjig69b

Eh, why don't the social welfare just make these parasites collect their sponge money at the post office every week instead of putting it in the bank? Most people I know on the dole gave to do it this way

KCAccidental

in the case of the first woman, she flew in weekly to collect her dole money. She was from Cork, but moved to London. I imagine the rest all flew in weekly to collect their money as the DSP stopped bank deposits for jobseekers allowance a good few years ago now.

Red Nissan

Strange though, that's another "urban myth" disproved.