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Job seekers allowance and savings.

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  • 10-10-2009 5:11pm
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    tyrellio69
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭


    HI,
    I'm currently unemployed and thinking about applying for the job seekers allowance.I recently graduated from college and I still have a few grand in the bank.I'm just wondering if the social welfare office will tell me to feic off if they see how I have few K in the bank??
    Has anyone any experience of this?
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    mary55
    Registered Users Posts: 257 ✭✭mary55


    I dont think they would tell you to "feic off" as you put it you should go into them and talk about it. I dont think the fact that you have a few thousand in the bank should effect as there is an upper limit of €20,000 as far as i know before it would effect your payment.


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    tyrellio69
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭tyrellio69


    right,well i was speaking to someone and they said that i was at nothing.i understand that on the website they say that the first 20'000 is treated as nil but somehow i dont trust in this and neither does my well informed informer.
    thanks for the reply though mate...ill investigate further.


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    Xiney
    Registered Users Posts: 8,085 ✭✭✭Xiney


    your "well informed informer" is full of it.

    They have rules and they follow them - anything under 20000 is counted as nil means. Go in and apply.


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    dotsflan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭dotsflan


    i got jobseekers allowance and i had nearly 3 grand in the bank


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