u report him then. they have anonymous phone lines.

They are not bothering to chase them up, post boom and during boom dole recipients do not get hassled like the people who are on dole due to recession. Their files are put away and they are not investigated. I bet if you spoke to that man he will say he never hears from social welfare department and prob has not in years.
They are the big fraudsters they know the system and how it works and the system doesn’t bother with them so they will continue to do it.

Natasha they are trying to force a friend of mine onto a computer literacy course. Problem is, he has a mastters in computer sciences.

But report him for what? He’s not working at all, just looks to me that they can’t be bothered trying to get the real long time claimants into work at all. Too much hassle! Easier to go after people who did work and have fallen on hard times in last few years. If your healthy then you should be treated equal to everyone else.

Your right there! I now understand why people wrongly accuse most people on SW as scroungers! It’s because they live or know these miniorty lifers and its infuriating! They get everything while others are getting sod all but grief and forced to do courses and jobs that are of no benefit to them financially. Jobsbridge=slave labour. Why don’t they shove the lifers on these schemes? Bloody can’t! That’s why!

20 years. Hard to believe.

@leslie, the figures we get about Unemployment numbers is pure spin! Their constantly shoving people onto courses just to keep figures nice and tidy for government propaganda machine! Pathetic! If your friend is young and single, tell him to get the hell outa dodge!

20 years ago is 1992, you really believe there aren’t people out there drawing SW since then or before that.

Masters in computer science in Ireland in 2013. He should be out shooting ducks in the job barrel.

Oh i know Natasha. Making people go looking for jobs and getting said jobs or courses to sign forms. If it isn’t to the welfares liking they cut their money.
Happened to a chap who came into my place. So i rang them on his behalf. They said “no, its not where we told him to go! Now my job is fas registered and fetac accredited, but obviously good enough for them. I asked them how will the chap survive? There response? LET HIM EAT GRASS.

Twas a while ago fugitive. Luckily he’s back in employment. In my anger and haste, i meant to say in the past tense.

Ah okay, yeah I was thinking it sounded a bit odd.

So Leslie, why is somebody with a masters in computer science unemployed? Maybe he needs that course…

Thats what the govt want us to do snitch on each other, so they will keep getting their big salery+ pensions some of em on double pensions….so please lets tell our govt to get their own hse n order first……a sitting ex td waster is costing more money a week than a chap on €180 a week….

Spot on Sean.They need to start with themselves. Big fish first, little fish afterwards.

Could be confusing today though As it was national pyjama day!!

While we just paid a couple of billion to banks and what not. See the real deficit?

The head on her!

Depends on your definition of scrounger.

And what’s yours Brian?

€669 obviously were part of the scrounger brigade. Ill take it we are reading the same opiece and i am sure they are only the ones who got caught. There are thousands who have not worked a day in over 10 years. Talked to one guy on the air not so long ago, who is on disability for a bad back for 17 years and admitted he was fine. Another guy on disability for blindness and drives to post office. When i asked was he blind he said he was but only partially. So hes allowed drive and passed a driving test but cant work. Amazing huh.

Ireland has the highest rate of of Unemployed disabled. We get all weird when we use the word disabled because we think its wrong to doubt anybody. There are many genuine claims and we make little effort in Ireland to assist the genuine disabled to get work but then we have the back pain, fake depression and every other fake ailment that cant be proven or discredited that is claimed from the welfare.

We need to wake up to those who cant work and those who just wont work !!

@Niall Boylan,
I think that one should look into “disabled” with particular reference to the “extra” children’s allowance ,which to the best of my knowledge was not cut in the last budget…it just that i spoke to a teacher who said that they knew people who were in receipt of this money and they were perfectly fine in class………….. she told me that it was affectionately reffered to as the green book and felt that it was a throwback to insuring certain poor people voted for a certain Party……. this was of course an impossible assertion to qualify or prove so it is posted under that understanding !

Of course there will be exceptions, but generally speaking, Someone who claims off taxpayers without any intention or determination to pay it back in the future.

@ Niall Boylan.

Fair play to you for raising such sensitive issues in your show. Too much main stream media are afraid to tackle sensitive issues such as disability benefits for people who could easily be working.

Good idea Sean. But she and shatter would never dream of doing something like that. Oh and Dave meeer memlot

Love the photo. The hand that rocked the cradle..

I’d be happier if she was smoking a victory cigar

Or else just going wild shouting “YOU’RE NEXT!! YOU CAN’T HIDE!!” and throwing things at the camera

I think it was one million between 2009 and 2011?

Guarantee they collect the dole as well as rob houses.

Or maybe the dislikers think they deserve their massive salaries and pensions. Sheep.

Shane,

Shut up.

€92k a year isnt €4k a month.

Allowances
Travel and Accommodation: €12,000-€37,850 per annum depending on distance from the Leinster House. Senators get paid €7,000-€32,850 per annum and so-called “office holders” get paid €8,400-€36,150 per annum
Public Representation Allowance: €15,000 for TDs (no evidence of expenditure required – unvouched) or up to €25,700 (supported by invoices and receipts – vouched); Ministers €12,000 (unvouched) to €20,000 (vouched); Senators €9,250 (unvouched) to €15,000 (vouched)
Dual Abode allowance: This applies to ministers only and allows Ministers to claim tax deductions on mortgages, rental or hotel accommodation PLUS tax deductions for maintaining property and other expenses which can be up to €6,500 UNVOUCHED. According to Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan “a tax deduction can be claimed in respect of the amount of the annual interest actually paid on any loan taken out to purchase the second residence. In addition, Ministers can claim a deduction for the actual vouched costs expended in maintaining the second residence. Examples of maintenance costs in such circumstances are lighting, heating, repairs and insurance. As an alternative to vouched maintenance expenses, a tax deduction may be claimed on an amount of €6,500 per annum.” And “If the second residence is rented accommodation, Ministers can claim for the actual cost of renting the accommodation (i.e. the annual rent). In addition, Ministers can claim a tax deduction for the actual vouched costs expended in maintaining the second residence. Examples of maintenance costs in such circumstances are lighting, heating and insurance of contents. As an alternative to vouched expenses, a tax deduction may be claimed on an amount of €4,500 per annum” and “If Ministers use hotel or guesthouse accommodation as a second residence, they can claim for the actual cost of room rental (i.e. the annual hotel/guest house bill excluding meals, etc). In addition, they can claim for the actual vouched additional costs associated with maintaining a second residence in a hotel. Examples of maintenance costs in such circumstances are laundry, etc. As an alternative to vouched expenses, a tax deduction may be claimed on an amount of €3,500 per annum.”

She doesn’t consider them fraudsters but she doesn’t appear to give a damn about the plight of parents with disabled kids!

Imbeciles like you should be banned from commenting on the Journal simply because other idiots read your remark and automatically assume it to be accurate.

So she’s supposed to go around & knock on every door herself or go through every bank account herself? In any organisation, you need people to plan, organise, make decisions etc and others do the administrative or operational functions. Do you think that managers in the private sector do all the operational jobs as well as their own? If they have achieved savings, lets give credit where it’s due – to herself & her staff.

If i remember Mike, she was looking for €64 million to be put into the department for the last quarter of 2012. The staff are doing a great Job and moan Burton is taking the credit.

Mike

Why dont you apply for her job. Since she is doing SFA. You think you know it all.

Mike
The Minister said the money has been saved in her Department through a broad range of measures! Nowhere does it say that she made the savings and I find it offensive that anyone can just dismissively refer to the entire Government as Clowns without justifying the accusation. You’re already wrong in your claim against Burton so please don’t use unsubstantiated abuse of that sort as a means of displaying some sort of smug importance.

@ just some guy… In a heartbeat I would take the position for a quarter of what she gets .
@ peter… Consider yourself offended then.

And you think Marie Louisa of Sinn Fein, formerly of Fianna Fáil, previously of Rathgar really gives a shit about social welfare recipients on her power hungry populist spouting fuelled rise to the top?

@ Conor… ???

Mike, you’re a shitegob. Rant over.

@ brian, glad you feel better now.
Delighted I was of assistance in getting you over your rant.
Now is there anything else I can do for you.

Grainne, can I borrow your kids? All I have is a dog and I don’t think they’ll let me bring her! This country is a joke!!! Spa days!!!???

Id say claiming for children that are not in the country and also claiming multiple times for same child (aparently its possible to do this if child is registered in different regions., so multiple pps nos which can be used to claim all sorts of welfare). Cant think of any other ways although im sure there are some.