Unemployment assistance rate reassessment
After unemployment benefit ended, the claimant received assistance reduced by means attributed to his wife’s earnings. A review assessed his means as nil from 8 February 1983, and the arrears due were paid on 21 April.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork is still receiving unemployment benefit at a reduced rate although all the relevant papers have been submitted to his Department.
Comment on this
The person concerned exhausted his title to unemployment benefit on 14 October 1982. He was, however, in receipt of unemployment assistance at the weekly rate of £47.70 being the maximum rate £65.00 less £17.30 means which were derived from the benefit of his wife's earnings.
He applied for a re-investigation of his means and following the completion of inquiries by a social welfare officer he was assessed with nil means from 8 February 1983.
He applied for a reinvestigation of his maximum rate of unemployment assistance from that date and all arrears due to him were paid on 21 April 1983.
Further weekly payments at £65.00 continue to be made to him as they become due.
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