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Will the Pandemic Unemployment Payment affect your SUSI grant?

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  • 01-04-2020 6:59pm
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    Z0zz
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭


    Will the Pandemic Unemployment Payment affect my SUSI grant renewal?

    I'm currently out of my part-time job due to the pandemic and I don't know if I should apply for the COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment.

    I currently qualify for the SUSI grant because my part-time employment was low enough.

    I'm just wondering is this pandemic payment scheme going to be calculated by SUSI?
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    splinter65
    Registered Users Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    Z0zz wrote: »
    Will the Pandemic Unemployment Payment affect my SUSI grant renewal?

    I'm currently out of my part-time job due to the pandemic and I don't know if I should apply for the COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment.

    I currently qualify for the SUSI grant because my part-time employment was low enough.

    I'm just wondering is this pandemic payment scheme going to be calculated by SUSI?

    When you rang SUSI what did they say?


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    Z0zz
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭Z0zz


    splinter65 wrote: »
    When you rang SUSI what did they say?

    When I rang SUSI, they were closed.


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    SCOOP 64
    Registered Users Posts: 5,231 ✭✭✭SCOOP 64


    I very much doubt it.


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    zell12
    Registered Users Posts: 23,622 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    Welfare benefits not counted
    https://susi.ie/eligibility/income/


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    Ogham
    Registered Users Posts: 1,844 ✭✭✭Ogham


    zell12 wrote: »
    Welfare benefits not counted
    https://susi.ie/eligibility/income/

    Not all of them are disregarded.

    Jobseekers Benefit is counted .
    I have been in touch with them and they said they haven't determined ifit will be disregarded yet.


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    blackbox
    Registered Users Posts: 4,157 ✭✭✭blackbox


    Z0zz wrote: »
    Will the Pandemic Unemployment Payment affect my SUSI grant renewal?

    I'm currently out of my part-time job due to the pandemic and I don't know if I should apply for the COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment.

    I currently qualify for the SUSI grant because my part-time employment was low enough.

    I'm just wondering is this pandemic payment scheme going to be calculated by SUSI?

    If your part time employment didn't affect it, why would the pandemic payment?


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    Ogham
    Registered Users Posts: 1,844 ✭✭✭Ogham


    blackbox wrote: »
    If your part time employment didn't affect it, why would the pandemic payment?

    Because it's probably a lot more than the wages they were on .


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    amadangomor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,148 ✭✭✭amadangomor


    blackbox wrote: »
    If your part time employment didn't affect it, why would the pandemic payment?

    I presume because the pandemic payment will be more than their part time work payment. Please confirm or not OP.

    Think there needs to be a cap in place if this is the case. No one should make more out of the crisis


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