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

Photo of Marie MoloneyMarie 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.