Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 October 2020
216. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can be provided with a payment from her Department while they are undertaking an unpaid placement as part of a course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27975/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe person concerned made a claim for Jobseekers Benefit on 4/8/2020 which was disallowed on 29/09/2020 as follows:
To qualify for Jobseeker's a person must be available for full-time work.
The reason for this decision is that the person concerned is registered with Hibernian College, and is expected to complete an average of 37 hours study per week. The decision on the claim is that the person is not available for full-time work while maintaining this level of online learning. A formal notification is being issued to the customer .
It is open to the customer to appeal this decision.
