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Social welfare over the christmas

  • 28-10-2015 9:42pm
    #1
    SwiftEagle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46 ✭


    Hi guys I'm in UCD doing gem and I was wondering about applying for the social welfare for the Christmas. I get something like 5 weeks off for the break and that money would be such a help for the second semester. Does anyone have any experience with this? Thanks!!


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  • #2
    MagicMikeee
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭MagicMikeee


    SwiftEagle wrote: »
    Hi guys I'm in UCD doing gem and I was wondering about applying for the social welfare for the Christmas. I get something like 5 weeks off for the break and that money would be such a help for the second semester. Does anyone have any experience with this? Thanks!!

    Is this a joke? LOL only job seekers are entitled to social welfare payments unless you have some sort of disability/ illness otherwise every student would be on social welfare during Xmas.


  • #3
    SwiftEagle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46 ✭SwiftEagle


    I still think that I can apply, some guys in the years previous were able to claim something.


  • #4
    MagicMikeee
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭MagicMikeee


    SwiftEagle wrote: »
    I still think that I can apply, some guys in the years previous were able to claim something.

    On what grounds?


  • #5
    Yawns
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,255 ✭✭✭Yawns


    The "some guys" were prob mature students or on BETA or some such.

    OP you won't be entitled to anything if you're just a student on xmas holidays. You can of course apply but it'd be a waste of time and most likely probably won't hear anything back from them until after you start your next term anyway. Best of luck


  • #6
    MagicMikeee
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭MagicMikeee


    Yawns wrote: »
    The "some guys" were prob mature students or on BETA or some such.

    OP you won't be entitled to anything if you're just a student on xmas holidays. You can of course apply but it'd be a waste of time and most likely probably won't hear anything back from them until after you start your next term anyway. Best of luck

    Yeah and also no GEM student qualifies for BTEA because they have a previous level 8 degree


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  • #7
    Flange/Flanders
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 444 ✭✭Flange/Flanders


    I'm UCD GEM, over 26. I got dole last Christmas and for the few weeks I was unemployed over the summer. We're treated as mature students if you're over 26 so you're entitled to it when you're not in college.


  • #8
    SwiftEagle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46 ✭SwiftEagle


    Hi Flange/Flanders, how did you go about it. Is there a letter from UCD you need? Thanks.


  • #9
    Flange/Flanders
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 444 ✭✭Flange/Flanders


    Letter from UCD saying when you'd finished your exam and confirming that you were a GEM student (think I got that through the Health Sciences office), proof of address and then the application form for the social welfare office.


  • #10
    pc11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 979 ✭✭✭pc11


    This seems to be dependent on which dole office you attend. I tried last Xmas and was very firmly denied despite appealing. I was abke to clain the summer without a problem in the same office. Otherpeople have reported being able to claim at Xmas. I saw the regulations, they explicitly say "summer only" and absolutrly not allowed at Xmas/Easter. so I don't know how some people got away with it.


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