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Signing on, living with a parent who is also on the dole.

  • 19-11-2010 10:56am
    #1
    0verblood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 455 ✭✭


    HI

    Quick question,

    If I sign on while living with a single parent who is also on the dole will it affect either of our allowances?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    Jambo221
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 206 ✭✭Jambo221


    Depends on your own age and your means, I think if you are over 25 or 26 you will be treated separately, someone might clarify that though.


  • #3
    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    Once you are over 24 (ie 25+) it wont affect your main JSA/JSB payment.

    However, other means tested allowances (rent allowance, medical card etc) might be affected.


  • #4
    0verblood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 455 ✭✭0verblood


    I'm 24, turning 25 in a few weeks so that's grand.

    It's just that I'm returning home from abroad and need to stay at home till I sort my life out... this is the problem with going on a 13 month backpacking trip, you come home to feckin nothin!


  • #5
    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    0verblood wrote: »
    I'm 24, turning 25 in a few weeks so that's grand.

    It's just that I'm returning home from abroad and need to stay at home till I sort my life out... this is the problem with going on a 13 month backpacking trip, you come home to feckin nothin!
    You may not qualify for anything in that case. You need to have been resident in ireland for the past 3 years (afaik) to qualify for an SW claim.


  • #6
    0verblood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 455 ✭✭0verblood


    Bollox. It was just a really long holiday - I wasn't "resident" anywhere else other than Ireland for the whole time. Plus I thought that if you've been away for more than two years you have problems? I've only been away 13 months.

    Anyways I suppose I better make the phone call to the SW office.... is Ireland really that bad? Are there no jobs? Even in Dunnes or Tesco or something? I'm dreading the return home, 90% of my news from home comes from this site and tis pretty dire! :S


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  • #7
    Balagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,168 ✭✭✭Balagan


    Max Power1 wrote: »
    You may not qualify for anything in that case. You need to have been resident in ireland for the past 3 years (afaik) to qualify for an SW claim.

    OP was travelling, not establishing a home and thus main centre of interest in another country, and would therefore have retained habitual residency here.


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