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Fuel Allowance confusion

  • 12-09-2019 5:34pm
    #1
    Horatio26.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41 ✭


    Hi , I'm a bit confused as to the rules for FA. I'm on JSA since Aug 2018 and not sure when I qualify for FA as citizen's info says:

    " Jobseeker's Allowance for more than 390 days (over 15 months - it is paid on a 6-day week basis so 15 months’ payment is reached after day 390). Fuel Allowance is payable to people who have been getting Jobseeker’s Allowance for more than 390 days, if they satisfy the relevant qualifying conditions."

    The 15 months part is confusing me


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  • #2
    Portsalon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 702 ✭✭✭Portsalon


    Horatio26. wrote: »
    Hi , I'm a bit confused as to the rules for FA. I'm on JSA since Aug 2018 and not sure when I qualify for FA as citizen's info says:

    " Jobseeker's Allowance for more than 390 days (over 15 months - it is paid on a 6-day week basis so 15 months’ payment is reached after day 390). Fuel Allowance is payable to people who have been getting Jobseeker’s Allowance for more than 390 days, if they satisfy the relevant qualifying conditions."

    The 15 months part is confusing me

    You're over thinking this!

    15 months means 15 months!

    A job seekers 'year' is 52 X 6 day weeks = 312 days.
    Three job seeker 'months' = 13 X 6 day weeks = 78 days.

    So 15 months = 312 + 78 = 390 days!

    You started on JA in Aug 2018 which is about 14 months ago, so you have approx. one month to go.


  • #3
    Horatio26.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41 ✭Horatio26.


    Portsalon wrote: »
    You're over thinking this!

    15 months means 15 months!

    A job seekers 'year' is 52 X 6 day weeks = 312 days.
    Three job seeker 'months' = 13 X 6 day weeks = 78 days.

    So 15 months = 312 + 78 = 390 days!

    You started on JA in Aug 2018 which is about 14 months ago, so you have approx. one month to go.


    Sorry but by my calculations I still have over 80 days to go , as I've been on JSA 304 days not incl Sundays?


  • #4
    Portsalon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 702 ✭✭✭Portsalon


    Horatio26. wrote: »
    Sorry but by my calculations I still have over 80 days to go , as I've been on JSA 304 days not incl Sundays?

    If you say so!

    However, the "JA day" calculations that I gave you in my earlier post still stand, so if you have over 80 JA days to go then it's mathematically impossible for you to have started your JA in August 2018 as you wrote above.

    Alternatively, you're not very good at the auld sums! ;)


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