How can this be allowed to happen?

And here’s silly old me only having one kid cause that’s all I can afford

The DA personal rate is €220

The rate for his wife is €146

The rate for each child under 12 is €42

The rate for over 12 is €50

Fuel allowance for 7 months at €33 per week

Electricity allowance €35 per month

Free travel for he and his wife

Free TV licence

Benefit for 11 kids €1540 per month.

The figure quoted in the article indicates that there are only 2 children being claimed for at the moment. So the other 9 kids are claiming now for themselves.

The article is misleading IMO.

It mentions that he has income of €455 but also says he has 11 children.

This is giving the impression that he felt he had to criminally launder money in order to make ends meet as he had so little income from SW despite having a lot of dependents.

DA for a claimant an adult dependent and 11 kids is €868 weekly + child benefit €1550 monthly. Plus all the extras already mentioned.

His current payment is for claimant adult dependent and 2 kids.

I know but somebody has to go to work and be taxed in order to get the money to pay for the upkeep of the people who don’t want to go to work.

And that person is you.

As a Romanian citizen he’s perfectly entitled to be here as an EU citizen and at some stage he was deemed to have fulfilled the Habitual Residence Condition which then entitled him to apply for SW means tested allowances. He then obviously fulfilled the means test and the medical criteria for Disability Allowance.

Lots of people don’t seem to have any problem with any of this.

A perfectly ligitmate Question but just a few observations.

He is an EU citizen & therefore entitled, if eligible to the same SW supports Irish Citizens are.

However, one Glaring issue and his criminality aside. Anyone who's applied for Disability Allowance will know its probably the most difficult payment to get approval on. Reams of paperwork, medical reports & a supportive GP required.

Coupled with the above, a rigorous Means test carried out & declaration of Assets required, including those outside the state. It was disclosed he owns a property in Romania, Mortgage free & at a Minimum, DSP will be making enquiries as to wether that was disclosed (I have my doubts), if not his payment will be reviewed, possibly suspended.

I'm aware any SW payments being made are suspended when a Claimant Jailed & for the duration of the sentence, if this also applies to DA ,I can't say. Also worth pointing out the DA Payment he receives reflects a number of dependent children (that's another story in itself)

Whilst I accept the amount of Rent allowance paid ,extraordinary & his Criminality, outrageous. His Disability payment must be treated as a separate matter , I fear these stories unfairly tarnish those on Disability Allowance & it shouldn't .

Probably trafficking children. He stole from church and charity collection boxes. He laundered hundreds of thousands of criminal funds. He lied, deceived and cheated for years. A sentence of 3 years....a joke. You get more for importing garlic these days.

Why do you think I’m on the dole? It’s not the nationality or origin of this gentleman that bothers me. None of that matters.

Do you think that it’s a good thing for our society that anyone who has never worked, for whatever reason, should get an increase in their SW of €42 a week/€140 per month on the birth of each child, with no limits applied?

Do you agree that it’s possible that such a policy is wide open to exploitation?