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    Fitness for Habitation?: JSA & RA

    Ah, yes, Rent Supplement. Thank you, gipimann, and Dermot, for the information. :)
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    Fitness for Habitation?: JSA & RA

    Let me simplify this. 1). If you want to apply for JSA, do DSP investigate whether you have running water, electricity, and / or gas? 2) If you want to apply for Rent Allowance, do the DSP investigate wherther you have running water, gas and/ or electricity?
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    Fitness for Habitation?: JSA & RA

    I don't need a comprehensive answer..... just a general one, thanks anyway. :) Does the dwelling place of an applicant, for JSA or RA, have to meet any standards regarding fitness for habitation, according to the Departmet of Social Protection?
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    Fitness for Habitation?: JSA & RA

    Is there a requirement that the dwelling of an applicant of Job Seekers Allowance, or Rent Allowance, must meet certain fitness for habitation standards prior to approval for one, or both of these allowances? This might seem a peculiar enquiry, but to clarify, would it preclude an applicant...
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    Switching: break no longer than 13 weeks in cover

    Thanks, PJ. It would be a downgrade of cover, so I suppose there would be no waiting periods then.
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    Switching: break no longer than 13 weeks in cover

    Hi, what is this issue about having no break in cover longer than 13 weeks? From what I understand, your cover is regarded as continuous as long there has been no break in cover longer than 13 weeks, is this right? What are the implications when switching cover, can you for example, cease...
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    Would it reduce SW if one brother working in same house?

    Say one brother is working and earning say €700 per week and the other is unemployed - with both living in the same house. Would the brother who is on welfare have his welfare allowance reduced because his brother was earning? As far as I know this happens with spouses but does the same...
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    What options for a pensioner renting privately?

    What would be the options for a pensioner who has been renting private rented accomodation all his life, never having been able to buy a house. He then reaches retirement age, going onto half-pay with little savings, and is unable to pay rent because of the half-pay as he had previously been...
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    How hard is it to get a job these days?

    I was not being sarcastic.:confused: I said "Gosh" because I was a bit shocked that he had a 3rd level degree and yet had to get ordinary work, and I said "thanks for the advice" because I meant it.
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    How hard is it to get a job these days?

    Thanks, babaduck for your input. It sounds bad.
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    How hard is it to get a job these days?

    Hi Leo and ney, thanks for your responses. I realise the question I asked is very general - but I am just trying to get an idea. I don't have any third level degrees or diplomas myself. I am just an office worker familiar with MS Word and Excel to a large degree and other office PC systems...
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    Is there a reason why JB is paid for a max of 1 year?

    Is it because it is expected that you would have got employment again by that stage, or something? I'm just wondering what the reason for the distinction between Jobseeker's Benefit and Jobseekers Allowance is.
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    How hard is it to get a job these days?

    I know it is much more difficult than before, and I know it will vary from person to person. But just to get some idea of how long people are unemployed for between jobs? And some idea of how many CVs people are handing out? Hundreds? Thousands?
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