Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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716. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current average length of time between an initial application for jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit and the ultimate decision to grant or deny that application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47565/23]

Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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717. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current average time taken to process an application for jobseeker's received from a person who was previously self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47566/23]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 716 and 717 together.

At the end of October 2023, the average processing time for Jobseeker’s Allowance claims was 2 weeks, and for Jobseeker’s Benefit claims it was 1 week.

Data on the average processing times for those who were previously self-employed and applied for Jobseeker’s Allowance or Jobseeker’s Benefit is not readily available in my Department. However, the average processing time for Jobseeker’s Benefit for the Self-Employed was 4 weeks.