Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection
Activation Services and Supports for the Unemployed: Discussion
1:00 pm
Marie Moloney (Labour)
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It was all a case of falling between stools. Had the individual been given the right advice by the caseworker six weeks prior to going on the back-to-education allowance, he could have signed off on the illness benefit and moved to the jobseeker's benefit. Had he been on jobseeker's benefit for just one day before applying for the back-to-education allowance, he would have got it.