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    #1112
    Dodge
    Registered Users Posts: 10,274 ✭✭✭✭Dodge


    Ihavetheaids wrote: »
    I rang , all they said was we don’t know re apply and don’t be ringing us , that’s great service.

    That’s a lie. No phone lines open today.


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    #1113
    Ihavetheaids
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 26 ✭Ihavetheaids


    Dodge wrote: »
    That’s a lie. No phone lines open today.

    Really must have been talking to myself when I rang the Portlaoise office so


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    #1114
    Dodge
    Registered Users Posts: 10,274 ✭✭✭✭Dodge


    Apologies so.

    There’s a ‘dedicated’ number here 1890 800 024

    https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/3915af-revised-intreo-office-opening-hours/


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    #1115
    Ihavetheaids
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 26 ✭Ihavetheaids


    Dodge wrote: »
    Apologies so.

    There’s a ‘dedicated’ number here 1890 800 024

    https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/3915af-revised-intreo-office-opening-hours/

    I tried that one and you are right that one is closed that’s why I chanced my local office


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    #1116
    Pinkpotato
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭Pinkpotato


    Mackwiss wrote: »
    So here's an update on my case. I am self employed and my services not essential.

    I have asthma so my doctor got me a note for the Illness Benefit from the 13th to the 26th. I got the 350€ payment everyone got last week and then this last Monday I got 207€. I rang as I found this odd and was told I was one of the lucky ones with a backpayment.

    As the payment from the Illness Benefit is only for two weeks I applied online for the covid19 payment. I got refused the first time as I wrote I was out of work since the 13th which was true and I had not recieved any confirmation I was going to get any benefit from Illness.

    So I reapplied, this time stating the last time I got paid was on the 26th of March which I took into account now the Illness payment. It got refused again stating I am already on a DEASP benefit and I cannot take another.

    The emails state to reapply again and I did so once more now stating my last paid day was 27th. On mygov I can see the illness benefit is active but the reality is I have recieved since the 13th of March 350€+207€. This was all the money I had coming in for the last 27 days and I am basically screwed.

    I sent an email to them and only got a general reply stating I can't go over the 350€. I tried the helplines all of them are closed. The covid19 openned at 9 I was on hold for an exact hour until the line was disconnected.

    So here I am with two emails stating I won't get paid basically implying I'm trying to get more than I'm allowed and with -300€ on one bank account and over 1200€ spent on my credit card.

    So I might as well go and trade. Go setup my shop and if the Garda show up I'll show them the emails and hopefully I won't catch the stupid virus in the meantime and die of pneumonia

    Or you could not be so dramatic and go to your CWO and get a supplementary welfare allowance in the meantime of sorting it out, talking face to face with a human would sort the issue.


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    #1117
    GreenGrass2019
    Registered Users Posts: 136 ✭✭GreenGrass2019


    Ihavetheaids wrote: »
    I rang , all they said was we don’t know re apply and don’t be ringing us , that’s great service.

    Seriously that's an absolute disgrace! I'd ring again and if you get the same response, say you want to escalate the call! Take their full name and details, and state you will be writing a formal complaint if they cannot answer a few simple questions!
    They maybe under pressure but there is no reason to be so ambivalent!


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    #1118
    Smegging hell
    Registered Users Posts: 460 ✭✭Smegging hell


    Applied on Monday and got my first payment today, dated the 14th.


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    #1119
    Curlysue76
    Registered Users Posts: 1,676 ✭✭✭Curlysue76


    Smegging hell wrote: »
    Applied on Monday and got my first payment today, dated the 14th.

    That’s payment for next Tuesday, so next payment will be on the 21st


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    #1120
    Podge201
    Closed Accounts Posts: 173 ✭✭Podge201


    Great decision to give next weeks payment today. Party all weekend for some.


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    #1121
    splinter65
    Registered Users Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    Ihavetheaids wrote: »
    I rang , all they said was we don’t know re apply and don’t be ringing us , that’s great service.

    This was never going to go smoothly paying an emergency payment out to 100,000s of people. Firstly there were so many people who applied who weren’t entitled to it but their application had to be processed anyway. Then they’re were the genuine applicants who made mistakes in the application . Then the managers kept changing their minds about who was entitled or not. But you can’t even blame them for that either. Then people were ringing and ringing the helplines for stupid things and stopping genuine queries from getting through. All this was processed by the same staff who deal with the normal volume of calls.
    When you have obviously frustrated customers ringing and verbally abusing staff who can’t do anything for them then it’s very difficult.


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    #1122
    splinter65
    Registered Users Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    Podge201 wrote: »
    Great decision to give next weeks payment today. Party all weekend for some.

    That’s an issue for the banks. EU regulations apply.


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    #1123
    Ihavetheaids
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 26 ✭Ihavetheaids


    GreenGrass2019 wrote: »
    Seriously that's an absolute disgrace! I'd ring again and if you get the same response, say you want to escalate the call! Take their full name and details, and state you will be writing a formal complaint if they cannot answer a few simple questions!
    They maybe under pressure but there is no reason to be so ambivalent!

    To be honest I get it , I work in a job where the public moan at me all day and have been spit at occasions if I called everyone out over their crap I’d have no job permanently, I’m sure the guy was under stress so I’ll let it slide and hope I get a better reception Tuesday , the man might have kids to feed so I’ll let it slide.


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    #1124
    splinter65
    Registered Users Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    GreenGrass2019 wrote: »
    Seriously that's an absolute disgrace! I'd ring again and if you get the same response, say you want to escalate the call! Take their full name and details, and state you will be writing a formal complaint if they cannot answer a few simple questions!
    They maybe under pressure but there is no reason to be so ambivalent!

    Good idea!! Threaten people who are already under pressure in order to make the situation better! You’ve got to let them know who’s boss don’t you!!


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    #1125
    easypazz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,346 ✭✭✭easypazz


    They should have given us a double payment this week for the holidays seeing as we are so well behaved.


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    #1126
    Ihavetheaids
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 26 ✭Ihavetheaids


    easypazz wrote: »
    They should have given us a double payment this week for the holidays seeing as we are so well behaved.

    I’d be happy with one payment , like I didn’t choose to leave work I’d be happy to be out in work now , I’m going to die in ten years anyway so what’s the point in me staying home


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    #1127
    PTH2009
    Registered Users Posts: 38,321 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    got payed, next payment wont be til 20th/21st April

    Can anyone else see them reducing the amount ??


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    #1128
    Ihavetheaids
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 26 ✭Ihavetheaids


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    got payed, next payment wont be til 20th/21st April

    Can anyone else see them reducing the amount ??

    They will be reducing it too 120 per week


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    #1129
    GreenGrass2019
    Registered Users Posts: 136 ✭✭GreenGrass2019


    Ihavetheaids wrote: »
    I rang , all they said was we don’t know re apply and don’t be ringing us , that’s great service.
    Ihavetheaids wrote: »
    I’d be happy with one payment , like I didn’t choose to leave work I’d be happy to be out in work now , I’m going to die in ten years anyway so what’s the point in me staying home

    Check your inbox, I have received an email to say that the email last night was sent in error to me and that payment will be made next week. Possibly you will have received the same or receive it later today:)


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    #1130
    splinter65
    Registered Users Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    Ihavetheaids wrote: »
    They will be reducing it too 120 per week

    Please stop this nonsense.


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    #1131
    Ihavetheaids
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 26 ✭Ihavetheaids


    GreenGrass2019 wrote: »
    Check your inbox, I have received an email to say that the email last night was sent in error to me and that payment will be made next week. Possibly you will have received the same or receive it later today:)

    I checked and apparently those emails are faker than my sisters tits


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    #1132
    Ihavetheaids
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 26 ✭Ihavetheaids


    splinter65 wrote: »
    Please stop this nonsense.

    It’s not nonsense I can 100% guarantee


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    #1133
    GreenGrass2019
    Registered Users Posts: 136 ✭✭GreenGrass2019


    Ihavetheaids wrote: »
    I checked and apparently those emails are faker than my sisters tits
    .


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    #1134
    BanditLuke
    Registered Users Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    Ihavetheaids wrote: »
    They will be reducing it too 120 per week

    Go away you silly child.


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    #1135
    touts
    Registered Users Posts: 6,487 ✭✭✭touts


    Ihavetheaids wrote: »
    It’s not nonsense I can 100% guarantee

    Why. Did Leo come to you in a dream and give you a vision of the future?


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    #1136
    BanditLuke
    Registered Users Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    touts wrote: »
    Why. Did Leo come to you in a dream and give you a vision of the future?

    He read it on WhatsApp, must be true so .


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    #1137
    Clodz6
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭Clodz6


    Hi all

    Prior to the pubs shutting down, I had been working in a bar at the weekend, cash-in-hand, as I'm a student.

    Can I still apply for the Covid payment or will I be landing myself and my employer in trouble for the cash in hand payments?

    Obviously I'm out of work now, so anything would help


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    #1138
    FloatingVoter
    Registered Users Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    Clodz6 wrote: »
    Hi all

    Prior to the pubs shutting down, I had been working in a bar at the weekend, cash-in-hand, as I'm a student.

    Can I still apply for the Covid payment or will I be landing myself and my employer in trouble for the cash in hand payments?

    Obviously I'm out of work now, so anything would help




    Tell me you're not studying economics or criminology. You were never working, therefore the cash in hand deal. Apply for jobseekers allowance. And if you're a student, you won't get it as you are not seeking full-time work.


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    #1139
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,296 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Ihavetheaids wrote: »
    It’s not nonsense I can 100% guarantee

    Mod

    Do not post in this thread again.


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    #1140
    AdrianG08
    Registered Users Posts: 925 ✭✭✭AdrianG08


    Of course it should be reduced. It was a temp measure. Those already on JSB have to make do with €203.

    2 tier system for an indefinite period no doubt.


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    #1141
    ToddDameron
    Closed Accounts Posts: 381 ✭✭ToddDameron


    I've been collecting 350 at the PO every Tuesday but I see some people got a double payment into their accounts this week. I'm assuming my payment will be there on Tuesday?


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