To be laid off- am i eligible?

I have been given a months notice and am to be laid off this July.

I am unsure if i am eligible for jobseekers benefit.

I have been working since October 2007. I was made part time last April 08 and work 3 days a week since then. Do i have enough credits with part time work?

I was let go in December for 4 weeks and re-employed and when i went to claim for those four weeks i was told i hadnt enough credits from 2006 ( i was travelling that year).

My employment history is:
1999-2002 part time
2002-2005 full time
June 2005-September 2005 (travelling without working)
October 2005-May 2006 full time
May 2006-May 2007 (travelling without working)
May2007-October 2007 Jobseekers allowance

Can anyone help? Im being let go and with the way things are looking, it'll be difficult finding a new job quickly enough before i run out of money

The only ones that can tell you exactly are the SW local office people. You still pay a PRSi 'stamp' when working part-time. If you have enough stamps in 2007 year paid/credited, you will get Jobseeker's Benefit. If not, you can try for means-tested Jobseeker's Allowance, whcih you were on before. Call into SW to check your position. And read keypost at top of this forum (which I've moved your post to).

You should check out link below for more information
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/c...are/social-welfare-payments/unemployed-people