Claiming state pensions for his dead parents for 33 years!

Wow that's mad. I thought you had to be out of work in this state?

If you could get when being on long term unemployment ,like not having a job in the last 10 years , anyone could get it ,

There was a young lady living London that gave an interview where she's been living in London for years but she was able to claim it ,as Irish citizen she felt she was entitled to it ,

I believe she claim to be working in the gig economy and as an artist ,and because she was entitled to claim pup she did just that ,

Actually I believe she also appeared on joe Duffy explaining it ,

Unfortunately self anointed activists will say no ,no ,no but other than boards that's their experience of pup ,

I know several others who have contract's with governments departments to supply transport received pup despite still being paid during lockdown ,

The system has flaws ,the system has always had flaws ,

If you or I committed massive welfare fraud and got caught ,if you or I said our only income was welfare the courts could only take a maximum of 15% of the welfare payment on a weekly basis ,but the repayments are usually set lower than the maximum 15% from source

So we the taxpayer funds the repayment

Its up to the next of kin to contact the section in the DSP which cuts off the pension to deceased recipients, otherwise no one is any the wiser. When I reported my parent's death the DSP clawed the final payment back immediately from the bank. The next of kin also has to go to the Registrar to get the death certificate on production of the advice from the GP so that the probate process can be arranged. As far as I can recall, the undertaker does not look for the doctor's cert before arranging the funeral. In this case all the payments were taken from the post office in cash and no bank was involved. The DSP should take the money back from the bookie's across the road from the PO, as that where most it it went!

They should need annual verification they are alive, this could be as simple as to send a proof of life pic once a year, even if they are bedridden, ill etc, send in a photo of their face with a copy of the newspaper from that day, cheap and chearful 😁

At some stage she will have to submit her taxes to Revenue and if it was found she had no I come coming in prior to Covid, she will have some explaining to do. Welfare will catch many of these frauds down the line especially when they come to claim other welfare benefits in the future such as job seekers, disability payments and even the state pensions.

Does it not go by whatever means they have at that time?

According to lefties this is an isolated case, welfare fraud doesn’t happen.

While true that absolute travesties like this rarely happen, this is just the tip. There’s a lot of ice beneath the surface….

I notice in a lot of these cases, the defendant has "Gambling problems".

A nice convenient excuse for stashing the money away somewhere and being 'unable' to pay it back...

No, they are wise to that caper now.

Yes . It certainly works well for child benefit ! Got a letter in the post on the 16th birthday of all mine and again on their 18th 🙄

This guy obviously didn't register his dad's death just like his dad didn't register his mam's before .

When you think of all the people paying tax and waiting in line for everything and this guy is the very epitome of someone milking , no ,fleecing the system .

They really should have in person checks annually .

anyone have a sneaky regard for the man? you gotta admire his gall in a way 33 years getting away that cute hoorism at its most extreme

4 and a half years. Last year suspended. He'll do max two years. If i thought i could rob 500k tomorrow and do 2 years id have a decision to make. You'd buy a house for 300k and live off the dole and money under the mattress.