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DUBLIN 15

Ms Daniela Alexandru
11 Castleknock Brook
Castleknock
Dublin 15
Ireland

PPSN: 2801010K 27/01/2021

Please quote this number when enquiring about your claim

Dear Ms Alexandru,
Please read this form and keep it for reference
Your claim for Jobseeker’s Benefit has been awarded. Your weekly rate is made up as follows:

Personal Rate €203.00

Increase for Qualified Adult €0
Increase for 0 child(ren) €0

Your weekly rate is €203.00 payable from 01/09/2020.

This is the amount you will receive if you are unemployed for a full week. Please see Note 8 if you
work part of a week.

If you are fully unemployed your first payment will be in will be in BANK OF IRELAND on 02/02/2021 and
every Friday after that.

If you work part-time and are paid into a financial institution your payment will be lodged into your account
on Tuesday each week (Wednesday after Bank Holiday weekends).

If you work part-time and are paid by cheque your payment will issue on Monday each week (Tuesday after
Bank Holiday weekends).

Arrears, if any due, not included in your first payment will issue to you shortly. Your personal rate is based
on your average weekly earnings in the relevant tax year. See Note 7.

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Your Jobseeker’s Benefit claim will continue for a maximum of 234 days providing you continue to meet all
the conditions for this payment. See Note 6.

If you are fully unemployed you are required to sign at INTREO CENTRE BLANCHARDSTOWN on
03/02/2021 at 10:00.

OR

If you are in part-time employment you are required to send in a docket each week advising the
office of the days you were employed and unemployed. The dockets will issue to you in batches of
four, you must return the appropriate one each week, completed by you and signed by your
employer.

If you qualify for a reduced rate of Jobseeker’s Benefit, you may apply for Jobseeker’s Allowance. This is a
means-tested payment.

Appealing this decision

If you are not satisfied with this decision, you may outline the reasons in writing and it will be reviewed by a
Deciding Officer. Additional documentary evidence, if any, should be provided to support your reasons.

OR

You may appeal in writing to the independent Social Welfare Appeals Office, D’Olier House, D’Olier Street,
Dublin 2 within 21 days of the date of this letter clearly stating the grounds of the appeal. You can get an
appeal form at any Intreo Centre or Branch Office.

Jobseeker’s Benefit is provided for in legislation by Sections 62 to 68 of the Social Welfare Consolidation
Act 2005 as amended and Articles 44 to 52 of SI 142 of 2007 as amended.

STUART JAMES
Deciding Officer
Department of Social Protection

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 Important information about your Jobseeker’s Benefit

1. Increase for Qualified Adult

If your spouse/civil partner/cohabitant is dependent on you (not in receipt of an ETB, VTOS or certain
Social Welfare payments in his/her own right) or is on a low income, you may qualify for an increase in your
payment (Increase for a Qualified Adult – IQA). If your QA earns less than €100.00 a week, the maximum
rate of IQA is payable, a reduced rate is payable if the earnings are between €100.00 and €310.00 a week.
No IQA is payable if the income is in excess of €310.00 a week.

2. Increase for Qualified Child

An increase for a qualified child is payable in respect of each qualified child who normally resides with you.
Half this amount is payable if your spouse/civil partner/cohabitant has a gross weekly income between
€310.01 and €400.00, is in receipt of an ETB payment, certain Social Welfare payments or
educational/training allowances. There is no payment for children if the gross weekly income of your
spouse/civil partner/cohabitant is more than € 400.00.

3. Leaving the State

You must tell us immediately if you or any of your dependants intend to leave the State.

4. Holidays
You may take up to 2 weeks paid holidays in a calendar year. You must tell us before you go.

5. Payment at the Post Office

You must collect your payment on the due date. If you do not, it will be returned to the Department and
there may be a delay in re-issuing it to you. You will need your Public Services Card to collect your
payment.

6. Duration of payment
Jobseeker’s Benefit is paid for 9 months (234 days) for people with 260 or more paid PRSI contributions. It
is paid for 6 months (156 days) for people with fewer than 260 paid PRSI contributions. Each full week of
Jobseeker’s Benefit counts as 6 days. If a claim links to a previous Jobseeker’s Benefit claim (within 26
weeks) the duration of payment will be reduced.

7. Relevant Tax Year

The relevant tax year is two years previous to the date of your claim e.g. for a Jobseeker’s Benefit claim in
2016 the relevant year is 2014. If a claim links to an earlier claim then the relevant tax year that applied to
the earlier claim also applies to the linked claim.

8. Working part-time
If you work on a casual or part-time basis, you will receive one-fifth of the weekly rate for each day that is
payable. However, the number of days worked and the number of days of paid Jobseeker’s Benefit cannot
exceed 5 in any Jobseeker’s Benefit week (Thursday to Wednesday).

9. Waiting Days
The first three days of a claim are not paid. These are known as waiting days. However, if your claim is
linked to an earlier claim you will be paid from the first day of the claim.

10. Holiday Pay

Jobseeker’s Benefit is not paid for any day you receive holiday pay from your employer. If you are a
substitute teacher/special needs assistant, please contact your Intreo Centre/Branch Office about the
special arrangements that apply to you.

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11. Supplementary Welfare Allowance
If you were in receipt of Supplementary Welfare Allowance while awaiting a decision on your claim, the
amount of Supplementary Welfare Allowance paid will be deducted from any arrears due to you.

12. Overpayments
If you were overpaid on a Social Welfare scheme in the past, we may make deductions from your weekly
payment to recover the overpayment. Your Intreo Centre/Branch Office will contact you in this regard.

13. Taxation
Depending on your circumstances, you may be liable for income tax on some or all of your Jobseekers
Benefit payment. Tax is not charged on increases paid for any dependent children. Tax is also not
charged on the first €13 per week of your payment.

The Department will pay Jobseekers Benefit to you without deducting tax. The Department will, however,
notify Revenue of the taxable amount of Jobseekers Benefit to be taken into account for income tax
purposes. This means you do not have to do anything for the correct tax to be paid.

Information about the taxation of social welfare payments is available from Revenue and on the Jobs and
Pensions page of the Revenue website www.revenue.ie
You do not pay PRSI and USC on your Jobseekers Benefit payment.

14. Efforts to find work

You should keep any documentary evidence you have in relation to efforts to seek work. You will be asked
to provide evidence that you are genuinely seeking work.

15. Sunday Working

Sunday is treated like any other day in the week, as a day of employment or unemployment as appropriate.

16. Services available online

The number and variety of services available online is increasing. By setting up and logging onto your
personal MyWelfare account you can avail of the Department’s on-line services.

You can register for on-line services at www.mywelfare.ie

You must notify your Intreo Centre/Branch Office immediately if there are any changes in your
circumstances including:
 If you find work (paid or unpaid), regardless of its duration
 If you change your address
 If your spouse/civil partner/cohabitant or child no longer resides with you
 If a dependant dies
 If you are no longer capable of or are no longer available for or looking for work
 If your spouse/civil partner/cohabitant starts working, receives an increase in earnings, stops
working, or applies for a Social Welfare payment in their own right
 If you commence a course of education, ETB training course, or any other Government sponsored
training/work programme

For further information on schemes and services please log on to www.welfare.ie

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