Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of Jobseeker's Allowance or alternative payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25617/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The person concerned has been in receipt of a jobseeker's allowance payment since April 2014 and commenced in casual employment in November 2014. For each day that she is employed she has means assessed and deducted at a rate of €27.00 per day. According to the records of this Department the person concerned is not currently employed, and is in receipt of a jobseeker's allowance payment at the rate of €432.00 per week. This is the maximum rate of jobseekers allowance payment for a person with her family composition.