Means test question

declanm42

Hey guys just looking for any advice I'm 23 been unemployed with the past 3 years with part time work when ever I can find it I live at home with my mother and brother she is retired nurse and brother is also unemployed builder aged 33 I been means tested a few times and I've always been cut to 138 a week just wondering if any 1 would know I've been cut. I have no property or savings and have been honest when ever I've found a days work



Thanks in advance for any advice

mp22

If you are 24 years of age or under and you are living with a parent or a step-parent in the family home, some of your parents' income will also be taken into account in the assessment for Jobseeker's Allowance. The Department call this an assessment of the 'benefit andprivilege' you get from living with your parents. Find out more about how living with your parents is assessed in the means test.

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

That might be it.