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Eligibilty and Third Level Education

  • 13-04-2011 10:02pm
    #1
    Wardie23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33 ✭


    Hi all, just wondering if I could get some advice. I did my leaving cert in 08, but did not go straight into college. I worked full time from the sep in 08 til August 09 , before starting college and working part time. I then entered a course but dropped out a month later. Once dropped out I worked full time again til the January of 2010 before being fired. I started recieving Jobseekers Allowance from March until August of last year before I started another course which I'm settled in. We finish up end of May, and I was just wondering would I be eligible to claim jobseekers allowance from June til im back in college, providing I dont get work(pretty hard to come by at the moment). Any help would be great, thanks!


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  • #2
    The Lovely Muffin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,595 ✭✭✭The Lovely Muffin


    Yes you are entitled to claim Job Seekers Allowance while not in college.


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


    JA Disqualification - course of study

    The legislation also provides that a person shall be disqualified from receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance while attending a course of study (including school/college holiday periods), except in such circumstances as may be prescribed. The exceptions to this disqualifications are :

    1. persons aged 21 years or over who have been in receipt of JA/ JB for at least 6 months and who are participating in approved courses of education, training or development (as per above), and
    2. mature students, i.e. persons over 23 years of age on or before 1st January in the year in which the course of study commences.

    Deciding Officers should note that disqualification while attending a course of study is completely separate from the availability condition. As mature students are exempted from this disqualification, they may be entitled to Jobseeker's Allowance during the summer holiday periods if they satisfy the availability condition in the normal way.
    http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:YZ9b-I4PqDgJ:www.welfare.ie/EN/OperationalGuidelines/Pages/ja_jobseekall.aspx+students+and+jobseekers+allowance+operational+guidelines&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ie&source=www.google.ie
    You'd have no trouble getting Jobseekers Benefit if your employment history gave you entitlement to it but, with JA, it will depend on your age, work and unemployment history. Citizens Information would be able to advise you in advance of your going to Social Welfare Office.


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