Am I eligible for unemployment benefit

pauro 76

Hi there, I've been working in London for the last 8 years. I'm hoping to move back home, and was offered 2/3 days a week work there. It won't be enough to live on so was hoping to claim unemployment benefit for the remaining three days. But before I accept the role, would I be actually be eligible for unemployment benefit as I've been working abroad for quite a while?

mp22

Contributions you have paid in other member states of the EU/EEA will be added to your Irish contributions. If you are applying for Jobseeker's Benefit and need the contributions paid in another EU/EEA country to help you qualify, then your last contribution must have been in Ireland.

From here http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/unemployed_people/jobseekers_benefit.html

Be aware that in order to claim part time JSB you must be able to show a substantial loss of employment.If you take on a 2-3 day a week job you will probably not qualify for a social welfare payment.

pauro 76

Thank you! I'll probably try and ring Citizens Information before taking the role, as a 2/3 day weekly wage might not be great if planning to move over.

Equality

If the job is less than 30 hours per week, and the income is low enough to take you into poverty, you could go to the CWO and apply for Supplementary Welfare and Rent Allowance.
I'm not saying you would get them, but as a migrant worker in a job you could apply.