Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter regarding employment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47489/14]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Social Welfare legislation provides that all claimants for jobseeker’s benefit who are employed on a part-time basis must suffer a substantial loss of employment. A substantial loss is sustained if a person’s normal level of employment is reduced by at least one day with a consequent loss of earnings.

The person concerned exhausted his entitlement to jobseeker’s benefit on 18 October 2014. The person’s normal level of employment was 2 days per week. He re-applied for jobseeker’s benefit from 20 October 2014.

Under the current Social Welfare legislation the person concerned was deemed by a Deciding Officer not to have suffered a substantial loss of employment. The person is only entitled to payment of jobseeker’s benefit any week he works less than 2 days.

The person was notified of this decision and of his right of appeal.