Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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1047. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a jobseeker’s allowance application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20357/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Jobseeker's Allowance (JA) is a means tested payment for people who are unable to obtain full time employment and satisfy the schemes qualifying conditions. 

Social welfare legislation provides that where a person aged under 25 year of age claims Jobseeker’s Allowance (JA) or Supplementary Welfare Allowance and is living with a parent or step-parent in the family home, an assessment is made of the yearly value of any benefit and privilege enjoyed by that person by virtue of residing there.  The value of the benefit and privilege assessed is based on the level of the parents' assessable income. 

In this instance, last week, the person concerned was deemed not entitled to a JA payment on the grounds that the calculation of the weekly means was more than the amount of JA that would be payable to her based on her family circumstances.  However since then my Department has been infomed of a recent change in family circumstances and provided with new updated income details.  This has resulted in a reduced rate SWA claim being awarded to her.  The JA claim will also be reviewed and a revised decision will be made this week.

I trust that this clarifies the position for the Deputy.