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Maternity Benefit

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  • 31-08-2011 12:54pm
    #1
    NEDDURC
    Registered Users Posts: 452 ✭✭


    Hello,

    I am married with one child aged 2 and a half and my wife is expecting number 2 in November. She has been off work since having our first child. She claimed unemployment for a while but that got stopped after a year.

    Is she entitled to claim any maternity benefit now?


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    #2
    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,953 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    No .

    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/social_welfare_payments_to_families_and_children/maternity_benefit.html

    "Rules

    Maternity Benefit is paid by the Department of Social Protection to women who have a certain number of paid PRSI contributions on their social insurance record and who are in insurable employment up to the first day of their maternity leave. The last day of work can be within 16 weeks of the end of the week your baby is due.

    The PRSI contributions can be from employment or self-employment - PRSI classes that count for Maternity Benefit are A, E, H and S (self-employed).

    If you are employed you must have:

    * At least 39 weeks PRSI paid in the 12-month period before the first day of your maternity leave

    Or

    * At least 39 weeks PRSI paid since first starting work and at least 39 weeks PRSI paid or credited in the relevant tax year or in the tax year immediately following the relevant tax year. For example, if you are going on maternity leave in 2011, the relevant tax year is 2009 and the year following that is 2010.

    Or

    * At least 26 weeks PRSI paid in the relevant tax year and at least 26 weeks PRSI paid in the tax year immediately before the relevant tax year. For example, if you are going on maternity leave in 2011, the relevant tax year is 2009 and the year before that is 2008.

    If you do not meet these PRSI conditions and you were self-employed before starting work as an employee, you can use your Class S contributions to qualify for Maternity Benefit - see PRSI conditions for self-employed below.

    If you are self-employed you must be in insurable employment and have:

    * 52 weeks PRSI contributions paid at Class S in the relevant tax year. For example, if you are going on maternity leave in 2011, the relevant tax year is 2009.

    Or

    * 52 weeks PRSI contributions paid at Class S in the tax year immediately before the relevant tax year. For example, if you are going on maternity leave in 2011, the tax year immediately before the relevant tax year is 2008.

    Or

    * 52 weeks PRSI contributions paid at Class S in the tax year immediately following the relevant tax year. For example, if you are going on maternity leave in 2011, the tax year immediately following the relevant tax year is 2010.
    "


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