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Confused! Do I sign on or not?

  • 05-10-2010 11:40am
    #1
    CodeMonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,103 ✭✭✭


    Hi, I've just been made redundant in work and finished last thursday. I am however going off on the 16th Oct for 4 months. I've been told to sign on anyway to continue prsi contributions and so forth and also so the welfare office knows that I am unemployed.

    Just came back from the welfare office and the lady at the booth said that I can't sign on at all if I am going away for 4 months. This is after I explained that I am not looking for job seeking benefits. She said I can only be away for 2 weeks a year if I am signing on. So is she right? Are there any reasons I should be signing on?


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  • #2
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    Yea 2 weeks in the year is all your allowed also she would hardly lie to you.


  • #3
    Balagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,168 ✭✭✭Balagan


    Signing For Credits

    7. Under certain circumstances a person may be awarded credits without receiving a Benefit or Allowance payment. This may apply, for example, in the case of a person who has exhausted entitlement to Jobseeker's Benefit but who does not qualify for Jobseeker's Allowance due to their means. In this case, the person may be entitled to 'sign' for credits to protect their other social insurance entitlements. Signing for credits usually involves attending a Local DSFA Office at a specified number of times per year.

    Credits may also be awarded to workers involved in an official trade dispute.

    In order to be entitled to Unemployment Credits, a person must be available for full-time employment, capable of work and must also be genuinely seeking work. The additional requirement to be genuinely seeking work for the award of credits while unemployed is effective from 27 August 2003.
    http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:d7eG7lExbggJ:www.welfare.ie/EN/OperationalGuidelines/pages/creditsaward.aspx+signing+on+for+prsi&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ie


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