Social Welfare for Spanish person

qt9ukbg60ivjrn

If this is the wrong place to post please move it.

How long does a Spanish person have to be working in Ireland before they are able to claim social welfare?

A person in the dole office said 104 weeks, i can't find the info for this anywhere,

Can anyone give me advice on where to find it or a link or even if they know abotu claiming when you aren't irish?

Thanks

Nody

It is two years so 104 weeks is correct.

axer

If they were living in their home country first then they can transfer that claim to Ireland for up to 3 months or longer in the case of job seekers benefit.

Mrs OBumble

Nody wrote: »

It is two years so 104 weeks is correct.

I'm not sure that's correct.

If the person has never worked in Ireland before, then the Welfare rules treat them like a school-leaver and give pre-entry credits, so it's possible to get at least reduced rate of JB with only 52 weeks of work.

However the fact that they're from an EU country may change things.

qt9ukbg60ivjrn

axer wrote: »

If they were living in their home country first then they can transfer that claim to Ireland for up to 3 months or longer in the case of job seekers benefit.

can you elaborate?

below is what i found on welfare.ie

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• At least 104 weeks PRSI paid since you first started work

And

• Have 39 weeks PRSI paid or credited in the relevant tax year (a minimum of 13 weeks must be paid contributions*)

Or

• Have 26 weeks PRSI paid in the relevant tax year and 26 weeks PRSI paid in the tax year immediately before the relevant tax year.

*If you do not have 13 paid contributions in the relevant tax year, the following years can be used to meet this condition:

• The 2 tax years before the relevant tax year
• The last complete tax year,

Or

• The current tax year.

The Relevant Tax Year is the second last complete tax year before the year in which your claim is made. So, for claims made in 2009, the Relevant Tax Year is 2007.


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I thought maybe the person i know could qualify for the one are the first OR

but if they are talking about the "relevant" tax year, it would mean that it is 2007, so 26 weeks in that year, then 26 weeks in the year before(2006?)

The spanish person has worked since september 2007 and has been in constant employment up until February of this year.

so thats 72 weeks PRSI paid

• 16 in the "relevant" tax year
• none the year before cause they weren't here
• 48 last year (2008)
• and 8 this year

cee_jay

Were they working in Spain or in another EU country in 2006/2007? If they were they can get that record transferred from Spain to Ireland to help them qualify for Jobseeker's Benefit. If not, going on the dates you have given above they would have to apply for Jobseeker's Allowance.
The contributions from Spain will go towards the 104 in total as well.

qt9ukbg60ivjrn

the person worked a short time in 2007 in ireland but most of it in spain

they got a job now so it's not important anymore but something to keep in mind just incase they get let go....again

axer

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/employment/migrant-workers/coming_from_EU_to_work

You can use the E301 form to transfer the claim from Spain to Ireland for upto 13-26 weeks. After that then they need at least one Irish PRSI contribution to make a claim for Jobseeker's benefit using the PRSI paid in Spain.