Give jobless a break, please

A chara, – I went on holidays to Co Mayo last week, and as an unemployed person, I informed the dole office that I was going…

A chara, – I went on holidays to Co Mayo last week, and as an unemployed person, I informed the dole office that I was going to be gone for seven days, and filled out the inevitable form.

Imagine my dismay at returning to find that my Rent Supplement had been cut for the week I was gone. This is standard practice.

The message is: If you have no work, you get no holidays. Or, you don’t deserve a break because your life is one long break.

Believe me, life is no break when you are permanently broke. – Is mise,

ROBERT LITTLE,

Ardmayle,

Cashel, Co Tipperary.