Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of jobseeker's allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has a dependent spouse and child; if they qualify for separate payments and if so to what extent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8795/14]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The correct level of jobseeker’s allowance payable in the case of the person concerned is €342.60 per week. This includes a personal rate with an increase in respect of a qualified adult and one qualified child. It is open to the person concerned to call to his local office in Maynooth to submit an application for separate payments which will be processed accordingly.