Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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31. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person in receipt of jobseeker's allowance at a reduced rate of €170 per week starts working one day per week and receives €93 and is reduced to €108 on jobseeker's payment, if this is correct; the way the calculation is done; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38583/14]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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According to the records of this Departmental the earnings for the person concerned is recorded as €135.00 per week which, when the means test is applied, results in a weekly payment of €108.80. It is open to the person concerned to contact their local office to request a review of their claim and to provide updated documentation with regarding their income.