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Work placement and signing on the dole?

  • 09-07-2011 11:29pm
    #1
    mflanagan95
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭


    Il be in my 3rd year this year and have 6 months work placement in february which ill more than likely not be getting paid for...can you sign on the dole or anything else for these months?

    help very appreciated!:confused::)


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  • #2
    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    if your elligable for back to education allowance then you are elligable to claim while completing work experience.

    However, it has also been heard for people who are not on BTEA who under certain circumstances were able to get funding from social welfare while on work experience.

    your best option is to talk to your students union, social welfare office, and the finance department in your college for all info regarding this.


  • #3
    ninty9er
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,366 ✭✭✭ninty9er


    If it is placement as part of a degree programme then it is considered academic in nature adn you cannot claim unemployment assistance as you are not "available for and actively seeking work".

    If you are in receipt of BTEA then you can continue to receive it for the same reason as above, you are engaged in an academic programme of which this is a part.


  • #4
    hdowney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,921 ✭✭✭✭hdowney


    i have a question in regards to this. at the end of the academic year (june) you go from BTEA back to JA for the summer and then back onto BTEA in september at the start of the new academic year.

    now my work placement for the course i will be doing is in those summer months. so will i continue to receive a BTEA payment instead of being transferred back to JA?


  • #5
    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    as long as you notify social welfare and provide sufficient evidence from the college that this is college based work placement then yes, you will remain on btea during your time in work placement.


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