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Job-Seeker allowance for Students?

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  • 12-05-2010 8:54pm
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    conroym7
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭


    Might be a silly question but can students get the JA during the summer months there not in college?


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    dotsflan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭dotsflan


    nope


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    RealistSpy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,686 ✭✭✭RealistSpy


    Can student get JA if they take a year out or do you have to drop out? Sorry for stealing the thread


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    dotsflan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭dotsflan


    RealistSpy wrote: »
    Can student get JA if they take a year out or do you have to drop out? Sorry for stealing the thread

    not sure, but im sure theyed ask questions as to why you took a year out if you were only going to draw the dole


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    Swamps
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43 ✭Swamps


    Pretty sure you can receive jobseekers allowance during the summer months once you satisfy the usual requirements etc.

    taking from welfare.ie
    • If you were previously getting an unemployment payment, the allowance is paid during the academic year only. It is not paid for the summer period between academic years.
    • BTEA participants who cannot find a job during the summer may claim an unemployment payment, but only if they satisfy the usual qualifying conditions.
    • If you are going on to the next year of your course or moving to a higher qualification, you will get your BTEA again from the start of the new academic year regardless of whether you got an unemployment payment for the summer.


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    dotsflan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭dotsflan


    Swamps wrote: »
    Pretty sure you can receive jobseekers allowance during the summer months once you satisfy the usual requirements etc.

    taking from welfare.ie

    yeah you can claim if you have been getting BTEA during college but you cannot claim if your a student not in receipt of the BTEA payment


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    galteeboy
    Registered Users Posts: 58 ✭✭galteeboy


    just wondering what the requirements are for a student who is applying for JSA who has finished their third level studies, do you have to wait 3 months before applying or can ya apply for it straight away?


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    Jambo221
    Registered Users Posts: 206 ✭✭Jambo221


    galteeboy wrote: »
    just wondering what the requirements are for a student who is applying for JSA who has finished their third level studies, do you have to wait 3 months before applying or can ya apply for it straight away?
    I don't see why you shouldn't be able to sign on straight away, you're available for full-time work.
    I just finished my 1st year but have decided to not continue into second year, not planning on going into a different course in September so I think I'm illegible.


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