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  • 14-01-2009 3:11pm
    #1
    mirror mirror
    Closed Accounts Posts: 363 ✭✭


    Does anyone know where you can get straight answers ?read welfare.ie site,on the citizens information site.rung welfare office [think they were having a bad day], visited inou website and rung them.every time different answers to the same question.....im one of the many who tried to do things right [ self employed ]paying tax,vat,insurance on time.now i signed on and feel like a bloody beggar,still waiting on means test 6 weeks. a polish fellow who I use to work with went into same office as i and was told about everything he could be entitled to.he reckons im being discriminated against cos im irish:D:D [entitlements my AR??]:eek::eek::eek::eek: P.S the polish fellow is real ,have been working on same sites for 7-8 year now.


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  • #2
    johnmahon010186
    Closed Accounts Posts: 65 ✭✭johnmahon010186


    mirror mirror wrote: »
    Does anyone know where you can get straight answers ?read welfare.ie site,on the citizens information site.rung welfare office [think they were having a bad day], visited inou website and rung them.every time different answers to the same question.....im one of the many who tried to do things right [ self employed ]paying tax,vat,insurance on time.now i signed on and feel like a bloody beggar,still waiting on means test 6 weeks. a polish fellow who I use to work with went into same office as i and was told about everything he could be entitled to.he reckons im being discriminated against cos im irish:D:D [entitlements my AR??]:eek::eek::eek::eek: P.S the polish fellow is real ,have been working on same sites for 7-8 year now.

    If you were working the last 7 or 8 years you should have the contributions to qualify for Jobseekers Benefit, and therefore avoiding a means test!


  • #3
    mirror mirror
    Closed Accounts Posts: 363 ✭✭mirror mirror


    yes i was paying an S class prsi ,which means i have to have means test for jobseekers allowance


  • #4
    johnmahon010186
    Closed Accounts Posts: 65 ✭✭johnmahon010186


    mirror mirror wrote: »
    yes i was paying an S class prsi ,which means i have to have means test for jobseekers allowance

    Ah right, well thats different so!

    Maybe you should go into the office in person, you might be able get it cleared up for you!


  • #5
    very miffed dub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭very miffed dub


    http://www.welfare.ie/EN/OperationalGuidelines/Pages/meansassess.aspx

    This explains the means test. You'll have to trawl through it for Jobseekers Allowance. Use Ctrl key and f to find specific text.

    Basically the means test for Jobseeker's Allowance depends on whether you are married/living with a partner or single and any savings you might have. If you are married/living with a partner and they are working, their earnings are assessed as means against you. You are allowed to have €20000 in savings.

    http://www.inou.ie/download/pdf/working_for_work_2008_oct08.pdf. This is the 2008 version and some qualifying conditions, length of payment and amounts have changed. The INOU should be able to send you a copy of this book.

    Hope this helps.


  • #6
    mirror mirror
    Closed Accounts Posts: 363 ✭✭mirror mirror


    thank you both for replying


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