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Higher rate for 25+ year olds

  • 05-01-2014 12:24am
    #1
    LegacyUser
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    I heard they scrapped this in the latest budget but what if you happened to already be on the dole (at 144) and turn 25? Do you get automatically increased to 188 or do you have to apply, or is it just gone altogether?


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


    DixieDeans89 wrote: »
    I heard they scrapped this in the latest budget but what if you happened to already be on the dole (at 144) and turn 25? Do you get automatically increased to 188 or do you have to apply, or is it just gone altogether?

    Seems like you remain on the €144 until you turn 26.

    People aged between 18 and 26 who were getting a higher rate will not have their rate reduced. However, the new age bands will apply to their payment as they reach the relevant age. So, for example, a person who was getting €100 a week in 2013 who turns 22 in 2014 will stay on their original €100 payment until they turn 25 and a person who was getting an age-related payment of €144 in 2013 will remain on that rate until they turn 26. http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/unemployed_people/jobseekers_allowance.html


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