Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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186. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied); the reason this person's claim for a jobseeker's allowance has ceased since March 2015; if her Department will review this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28447/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The person concerned advised this Department in March 2015 of a change in circumstances relating to his spouse's income from employment. A new means assessment on his jobseekers allowance was undertaken based on the new means information provided by the person concerned. This assessment established that the he no longer had an entitlement to a jobseekers allowance. The person concerned was notified in writing at the time and was advised of his right of appeal. At present the spouse of person concerned has recently become unemployed, and has applied for jobseekers allowance, and in the interim is in receipt of a supplementary welfare allowance payment. The person concerned is currently included as an adult dependant on his spouse’s claims.