Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the monthly docket system for casual workers is being replaced by a requirement for workers to submit their dockets to the local social welfare office on a weekly basis. [7361/14]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Department is committed to ensuring that the correct payment issues to the appropriate person in a timely manner and in order to achieve this aim in relation to jobseeker payments it is necessary to administer two separate systems for those who are partially employed each week.

In the majority of cases, where a person is engaged in casual or part-time work the days worked each week can vary. Accordingly, in order to ensure that the correct weekly payment issues, customers are required to complete a form on a weekly basis setting out the days on which they worked and the days on which they were unemployed.

In circumstances where a person’s work pattern does not fluctuate from week to week, arrangements are in place for the above to be replaced by monthly certification. However, if the employment pattern subsequently varies, it is necessary for the customer to revert to weekly certification.