PQ 187
187. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection whether he will consider adapting the income assessment period for jobseeker’s pay-related benefit to reflect that employees may be placed on reduced working hours as they approach redundancy, in which case their income will be assessed as lower than they typically earned over the course of their careers for the purposes of calculating their jobseeker’s pay-related benefit entitlements (details supplied). [30896/25]
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187. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection whether he will consider adapting the income assessment period for jobseeker’s pay-related benefit to reflect that employees may be placed on reduced working hours as they approach redundancy, in which case their income will be assessed as lower than they typically earned over the course of their careers for the purposes of calculating their jobseeker’s pay-related benefit entitlements (details supplied). [30896/25]
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