DISCRETIONARY SUPPORT SERVICE APPEAL


	BY REGISTERED POST To: The Manager, Discretionary Support Service Centre, Antrim Jobs & Benefits Centre, 20 Castle Street, Antrim, BT41 4JE. May 27th 2017 Dear Sir/Madam, RE: YOUR CLAIM ID REF: 37202, DECISION ID: 38329, AND WILLIAM FINNERTY, NATIONAL INSURANCE NUMBER YH615974D: Thank you for your letter dated May 5th 2017. I would like to appeal the decision that I am not entitled to any help from the Discretionary Support Scheme. As you may know, Welfare Adviser Damien O'Boyle at Ballynafeigh (Belfast) Community Development Association very kindly helped me, from his office (over the telephone), to make my May 4th 2017 application for Discretionary Support. At the time I did not have any access to my own PC, and I was unable to provide him with the debt information I now include in Section 7 below. Unfortunately, the difficulties connected with my situation, which have been “developing” since 1998, have grown and multiplied in a way that I now find it completely impossible to communicate effectively regarding them through conversation alone. In connection with this appeal, I believe it might help to provide you with an outline account of some of the more recent events leading up to the present time, which I am setting out in the list below. === === === 1) I came to Newry (Northern Ireland) in early July 2015 because I had reason to believe that there was an extant warrant for my arrest in the Republic of Ireland, which was in connection with completely false allegations from public officials and bodies in the Republic of Ireland that I had committed crime there; and, which I believe would almost certainly have resulted in I being corruptly criminalised (through the use of a Kangaroo Court), fined, and possibly imprisoned in the Republic of Ireland: if I did not leave there very rapidly. Although I have never been provided with any tangible evidence of the arrest warrant in question, which I understand was issued on July 8th 2015 by Judge Geoffrey Browne, I nevertheless continue to believe that it does exist: which is why I continue to live, some *22 MONTHS* or so later, in "*FORCED EXILE" (as I see it) in Northern Ireland. Further information relating to this extant warrant for my arrest can be found in the email dated July 9th 2015 to the Clerk of Loughrea District Court (Republic of Ireland) and Judge Geoffrey Browne, a copy of which can be viewed at the following www location: http://www.humanrightsireland.com/LoughreaDistrictCourt/9July2015/Email.htm Please know that, as well, I sent a "printed and signed" copy of the email at the www location just above through the registered post to Ms Josie Mulherin, the Clerk of Loughrea Court, also on July 9th 2015, and that a scanned copy of that letter can be viewed at: http://www.humanrightsireland.com/LoughreaDistrictCourt/9July2015/ScannedRegisteredLetter.pdf A scanned copy of the associated Royal Mail receipt, and of the closely related Royal Mail "Proof of Delivery" note for the July 9th 2015 registered letter are also included at the www location immediately above. To date, please know that I have never received any written reply of any kind from anybody connected with Loughrea District Court, or from any other public official or body in the Republic of Ireland, or from the Finnerty family lawyer (Brendan Glynn) from law-firm Patrick Hogan & Co who was supposed to be representing me in court on July 8^th 2015 but who failed to turn up, to the email and registered letter (both dated July 9th 2015) at the www locations provided immediately above. You may wish to note that the email of July 9th 2015 referred to above was copied (using the same email) to several lawyers and police officers in the Republic of Ireland, including Chief Justice Susan Denham* and Chief Police (Garda) Commissioner Noirin O'Sullivan. It seems to me that it has now become a very well established trend for public officials and bodies to *COMPLETELY IGNORE* the entire contents of letters sent to them by email and through the registered post. For a number of reasons, I find this trend extremely disturbing, and I believe it has played a major role in both creating and in sustaining the chronic Post Traumatic Stress Disorder I have been suffering from for several years now, and which I am still not receiving any medical treatment for: despite a number of consultations, since July 2015, with a consultant psychiatrist (Dr Mark McCauley), and a consultant psychologist (Dr Elizabeth McMonagle) at Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry. 2) Under the terms of Article 18 ("Right to asylum") of the CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, I believed -- and I continue to believe -- that I have a right to seek asylum in Northern Ireland: which was the *main* reason I came to Northern Ireland in July 2015. As I understand it, the CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION came fully into force in December 2009. To date, my efforts to seek asylum in Northern Ireland have all failed completely. The full text (of the English language version) of THE CHARTER OF THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION can be viewed at the following www location: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:12012P/TXT&from=EN 3) Numerous efforts of mine which date back several years, both in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland, to get legal representation of the kind which recognises the factual existence -- in practical ways -- of Article 47 of the CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION have also all failed completely, to date. Consequently, I still do not have any legal representation. Far more worrying for me is the fact that I can see no possibility, at the present time, of I ever getting any legal representation of the kind which recognises -- in practical ways -- the Article 47 principles set out in the CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. Consequently, I feel "trapped for ever" (as it often appears to me) in my present situation: which, at times, seriously exacerbates the symptoms of the chronic Post Traumatic Disorder I am suffering from, but still not receiving any medical treatment for. Some of the many efforts I have made to find legal representation of the kind which supports -- in practical ways -- the principles set out in Article 47 of the CHARTER OF THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION can be viewed via the Google listing at the www address just below: https://www.google.ie/?gws_rd=ssl#q=Article+47+of+the+CHARTER+OF+THE+FUNDAMENTAL+RIGHTS+OF+THE+EUROPEAN+UNION,+William+Finnerty: 4) Last year (i.e. 2016), I sought help from the Newry office of one of Northern Ireland's main political parties regarding the very long-standing difficulties I was having, and continue to have, with finding legal representation of the kind which recognises -- in practical ways -- the factual existence of the CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, and I was very strongly advised that a) “it was not a political matter”, and b) that I “should contact The Law Society of Northern Ireland”, which I later did last year. 5) I am at present waiting for written acknowledgements of receipt from The Law Society of Northern Ireland -- *which I have a very strong feeling I am probably never going to be provided with* -- for the two registered letters referred to at the following two www locations: May 18th 2017 registered letter to The Law Society of Northern Ireland: http://www.humanrightsireland.com/NorthernIrelandLawSociety/18May2017/RegisteredLetter.htm April 8th 2017 registered letter to The Law Society of Northern Ireland: http://www.humanrightsireland.com/NorthernIrelandLawSociety/8April2017/RegisteredLetter.htm Scanned copies of the associated Royal Mail receipts and "Proof of Delivery" notes have been included at both of the www locations just above. The main reason I am including information for you regarding these two registered letters to The Law Society of Northern Ireland is because they contain a considerable amount of up-to-date information on the ongoing difficulties – *some of which I view as disgraceful and completely outrageous* – which I am experiencing in connection with the legal and medical help I have long felt I am very badly in need of, and which you may wish to consider in connection with this appeal. I also have a very pressing need for financial help, which directly relates to my long-standing need to repay – in full -- the money that my brother (Gerald Finnerty) and half-sister (Marjorie Dolan) have kindly loaned me, which, as explained below, amounts to Euros 80,000 in total. 6) With reference to what I understand is your only reason for rejecting my Discretionary Grant application of May 4th 2017, please know that I do not believe it is accurate, for anybody who considers my overall financial situation in a holistic manner, to view me as a person who has overall assets of £21,926.79, which is the sum referred to in your letter to me of May 5th 2017. This is because of the money I have been borrowing, and still owe, to my brother (Gerald Finnerty) and my half-sister (Marjorie Dolan), against my now derelict home in County Galway (Republic of Ireland): which, incidentally, I would very much like to be able to return to, and make habitable again. This need for me to borrow money from my brother and half-sister was entirely the result of the unrelenting refusal -- over a period of several years -- by public officials and bodies in the Republic of Ireland to pay me my old age pension, and other disability payments I was entitled to by law in the Republic of Ireland. Should you require it, more information on this matter, of a general nature, can be viewed via the www Google link immediately below. Former Republic of Ireland Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton TD Claim No 69-1962034S, William Finnerty: https://www.google.ie/?gws_rd=ssl#q=Former+Republic+of+Ireland+Minister+for+Social+Protection+Joan+Burton+TD+Claim+No+69-1962034S,+William+Finnerty: In reality, my financial liabilities far exceed my financial assets, when full account is taken of the present monitory value of everything I am the legal owner of, is deducted from my present financial debts to my brother (Gerald Finnerty) and half-sister (Marjorie Dolan). 7) SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF MY BORROWING AND PRESENT DEBTS TO MY BROTHER AND HALF-SISTER Sum owed in September 2015: Euros 65,000 in total. Sum owed in May 2017: Euros 80,000 in total. The sum of Euros 80,000 just above is made up of the Euros 65,000 sum owed by me to my brother and half-sister up to September 2015, plus an additional Euros 15,000 borrowed by me from my brother (Gerald Finnerty) since September 2015, through monthly loans paid into my Allied Irish bank account in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Republic of Ireland. RELATED "TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN" LETTER DATED SEPTEMBER 9th 2015: http://www.humanrightsireland.com/GeraldFinnerty/9September2015/Letter.pdf === PROPERTY VALUATION REPORT ON WILLIAM FINNERTY'S NOW DERELICT HOME IN NEW INN, COUNTY GALWAY, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Value of property on September 8th 2015: Euros 35,000. A scanned copy of the Valuation Report can be viewed at: http://www.humanrightsireland.com/VincentCostello/8September2015/PropertyEvaluationReport.pdf === NORTHERN IRELAND HOUSING EXECUTIVE INFORMED The Housing Executive were informed by me about the fact that I was borrowing money against my home in County Galway via a registered letter sent by me to Northern Ireland South Area Housing Benefit Manager Mrs P. Cartmill on September 17th 2015. A scanned copy of the registered letter in question, together with scanned copies of the associated Royal Mail receipt and "Proof of Delivery" note can be viewed at the following www location: http://www.humanrightsireland.com/CraigavonHousingBenefitUnit/23September2015/Letter.htm#3 === === === As mentioned above, when Welfare Adviser Damien O'Boyle at Ballynafeigh (Belfast) Community Development Association kindly helped me, from his office, to make my May 4th 2017 application for Discretionary Support, I was unable to remember any of the www locations of the various pieces of “debt information” referred to at the www locations provided in Section 7 above, and that consequently he was unable to accurately relate my "overall debt" situation to the benefits officer at your office that he spoke to on my behalf on May 4th 2017. Sometime within the coming few days, and for the purpose of making it easier for you to access the several www links in this letter, should you wish to view any of them, I will place a copy of the text of this letter at the following www location: http://www.humanrightsireland.com/AntrimJobsAndBenefitsOffice/27May2017/RegisteredLetter.htm It would be much appreciated if you could please provide me a written acknowledgement of receipt for this letter within the coming 14 days. Yours faithfully, William Finnerty. Web Site: http://www.humanrightsireland.com ** *** *, *** *, Belfast, Northern Ireland, * ***.