Cork unemployment assistance and carpentry income
The applicant received unemployment assistance after a substantial deduction for income from self-employment as a carpenter; he could request a reinvestigation of the means assessment.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be paid his full entitlement to unemployment assistance.
Comment on this
The person concerned is presently in receipt of unemployment assistance at the weekly rate of £15.75, being the maximum rate payable to him, £69.55, less means £53.80 derived from self-employment as a carpenter. He is therefore receiving his full entitlement having regard to the means assessed against him.
If he is dissatisfied with the means assessed against him it is open to him to apply for a reinvestigation of means. A form for this purpose may be obtained from his local office and when it is completed his case will be referred to a social welfare officer for investigation.
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