Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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261. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis for the means test in order to determine eligibility for jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the extent to which capital has been assessed and at what rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44350/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The person concerned had means assessed against his jobseeker's allowance claim arising from monies held in a financial institution as follows:

The means calculation on capital in the case of the person concerned is assessed as follows. The first €20,000 is disregarded, the next €20,000 to €30,000 is assessed at €1 per thousand per week, the next €30,000 to €40,000 is assessed at €2 per thousand per week, and the remaining amount is assessed at €4 per thousand per week.