A social welfare inspector told a victim of domestic violence that her home was being watched and asked for her children's baptismal certificates in order to prove she was a single parent. The letter goes on to ask for the car insurance details of the car, which she does not own, as well as correspondence from the hospitals where her three children were born. The officer attached a social media post, which was deleted some time ago, of her relationship status with her previous partner and asked for details of this relationship. She says she has been asked about her relationship with her children's father regularly and has detailed how often he sees his children. A spokesperson for the Department of Social Protection said the woman's experience appears "to be outside normal control and inspection processes."

Source: Irish Examiner July 05, 2021 05:26 UTC