Dole versus money received on insurance

[cnu]

Hi All,

Apologies upfront, searched the threads couldnt find what I'm looking for.

Do the dole and the money that you take against the money received on insurance same?

I have really vague idea, but this evening when talking to a collegue of mine, he told me that my certain % of my salary goes into the insurance [I'm not talking about Paye], can anyone share more light?

apologies for being really dumb on this.

Thanks

 

[eileen alana]

Hi All,

Do the dole and the money that you take against the money received on insurance same?

This sentence makes no sense to me, can you make another attempt at it?

 

[Loaded1973]

'dole' is based on PRSI contributions from your wages. If you don't have enough contributions your dole is means tested. have a look at this web page. http://www.welfare.ie/schemes/unemp/index.html

 

[cnu]

Eileen, thanks for the reply!

Apologies I too have no clue about the second one. Let me put it this way:

Say if I loose my job, and I go to the Social Security office, get some money [150 euro or whatever] is this called Dole? Or will I be asked that I have some kinda insurance until next 6 months, and still if am outta job, I'm eligible for this.

Sorry for being really vague.

 

[cnu]

'dole' is based on PRSI contributions from your wages. If you don't have enough contributions your dole is means tested. have a look at this web page. http://www.welfare.ie/schemes/unemp/index.html

Loaded, this is brilliant. You have pointed me to just what I was looking for. Million thanks to you both!