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Benefit to Allowance Back to Education question...

  • 13-03-2012 01:08PM
    #1
    MarkyMark22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 554 ✭✭✭


    hi all,

    any advice here would be appreciated.

    i've been getting jobseekers benefits for about 6 months or so now,i recently got a letter saying my credits are running out soon etc...

    so i'd need to move to jobseekers allowance when they run out...

    i plan on going to college in september and have applied through CAO and done some interviews for PLC...

    since i will be moving on to JSA... could this effect my claim for Back to Education Allowance?

    as i understand it you need to be in receipt of a certain payment for 9 months or so to qualify.

    so seen as im moving to JSA... i would not be receiving that for 9 months before college started but would have been receiving JSB.


    sorry if that doesnt make sense. its a toughie.
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  • #2
    Balagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,168 ✭✭✭Balagan


    The qualifying payments include both Jobseekers Benefit and Jobseekers Allowance.

    3 months (78 days of unemployment) for the Second Level Option
    9 months (234 days of unemployment) for the Third Level Option

    Other info re qualifying criteria here http://www.welfare.ie/en/publications/sw70/pages/abacktoeducationallowancebtea.aspx


  • #3
    MarkyMark22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 554 ✭✭✭MarkyMark22


    yeah i was just wondering would the time i've been on social welfare be reset to 0 months if i was switching to JSA...


  • #4
    eastbono
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,758 ✭✭✭eastbono


    MarkyMark22 wrote: »
    yeah i was just wondering would the time i've been on social welfare be reset to 0 months if i was switching to JSA...

    No it wont reset to 0 months.


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