Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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367. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person who is attending a part-time education course is eligible for jobseeker's allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1122/14]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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To qualify for jobseeker’s allowance a person must satisfy certain conditions which include being available for full-time work and looking for work.

Under the Department’s back to education programme, the part-time education option provides that a jobseeker allowance customer may participate in a part-time course of education provided that such participation does not compromise their efforts to seek work or ability to accept a suitable offer of work.

Where a conflict arises between taking up a suitable offer of work and course attendance, the offer of work must take precedence.