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17/01/2014
DSP Introduce Short-Notice Signing For Jobseekers
The unemployed will be expected to sign on at short notice in a move to tackle potential welfare fraud, the Department of Social Protection has announced.
Letters have been sent to some jobseekers, warning them that they are now on "selective signing", meaning that they will no longer sign on once a month, but will be expected to sign with just a few days notice.
It is understood that jobseekers who miss these short-notice signings will then face delays to welfare payments, with the letter stating that there will be no exceptions made.
The department has said that new policy is being introduced in an effort to tackle fraud and so-called welfare tourism, where people from travel to Ireland to sign on each month.
(MH/CD)
Letters have been sent to some jobseekers, warning them that they are now on "selective signing", meaning that they will no longer sign on once a month, but will be expected to sign with just a few days notice.
It is understood that jobseekers who miss these short-notice signings will then face delays to welfare payments, with the letter stating that there will be no exceptions made.
The department has said that new policy is being introduced in an effort to tackle fraud and so-called welfare tourism, where people from travel to Ireland to sign on each month.
(MH/CD)
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