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first time to sign on..aged 18

  • 22-08-2011 6:52pm
    #1
    angelawinston@h
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭


    my son is going to sign on in the morning so he can do the course he was offered but he has to be in receipt of a social welfare payment in order to start the course...can anyone tell me if he will need my p.60 and bank statements in the morning or will they just send out for that..he is 18 and i dont know what info he will need for the first day signing on...anyone know


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  • #2
    danjo-xx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,395 ✭✭✭danjo-xx


    The main rule to qualify for Job Seekers Allowance is to be
    available for and genuinely seeking work

    After about 3 months he may be able to do a course. Have a read through this link.


    http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Schemes/JobseekerSupports/JobseekersAllowance/Pages/ja.aspx


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


    angelawinston@h wrote: »
    my son is going to sign on in the morning so he can do the course he was offered but he has to be in receipt of a social welfare payment in order to start the course...can anyone tell me if he will need my p.60 and bank statements in the morning or will they just send out for that..he is 18 and i dont know what info he will need for the first day signing on...anyone know

    Your son will need to have been out of school for 3 months before he can apply for Jobseekers Allowance http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Schemes/JobseekerSupports/JobseekersAllowance/Pages/ja.aspx
    If he is living at home he will be means tested on his parents earnings and so yes, it would be helpful for him to have proof of your earnings, along with the following:
    Birth Cert or passport,
    supporting identification, for example, driving licence or bank book,
    recent evidence of address such as a household bill in your name, correspondence from a financial institution etc.
    if you were employed, your P45 or a letter from your employer confirming that you have stopped working and the reason why.

    If it turns out that your son is not entitled to a social welfare payment because of means testing etc., he is still entitled to take the Fas course but will not get paid the Fas training allowance.

    FÁS Training Allowance is not to be paid to new entrants not entitled to Job Seekers Benefit/Allowance.
    http://www.fas.ie/en/Allowances+and+Grants/Training+Allowances/default.htm


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