Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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236. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding assistance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22005/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Persons who work on a casual basis and claim a jobseeker's payment for the days that they are not employed are required to submit dockets from their employer on a weekly basis; persons working for 4 or more days in any week are not entitled to receive any jobseeker's payment for that particular week.

The person concerned applied for jobseeker's allowance from 5^thMarch 2015 on the basis that her hours of work had been reduced by her employer. The initial information that she provided from her employer indicated that her hours of employment had been reduced to 2 days per week. However, when her weekly dockets were submitted it transpired that she had actually worked for 4 days or more for 7 weeks during March, April, and May 2015 and so was not entitled to receive a jobseeker's payment for those weeks.

She worked for 3 days in each of the other weeks in this period and has been paid the amount of jobseeker's allowance due to her having regard to the means assessment from her earnings. On this basis all payments due to her up until 12^thMay 2015 have been issued. Further entitlement to a jobseeker's payment that she may be due since that date cannot be assessed until she has submitted the requested weekly dockets from her employer confirming the hours she has worked.