Jobseekers Eligibility Criteria
Jobseekers Testimonial
" I have found full time employment since enrolling in the Professional Certificate in Internatioanl Financial Services course with the network. I'm very pleased to inform you that the course was a significant factor in finding work and would like to thank the network for you assistance." Gavin Ó'Ceallacháin
Summit Finuas Network are pleased to be able to offer a limited number of free places for jobseekers on network programmes.
From August 2010 onwards, the following categories of unemployed people are eligible to participate in Skillnets & Finuas funded training
Category 1: People on the Live Register
Individuals registered with the Department of Social Protection and in receipt of Job-seekers Allowance (JA) or Job-seekers Benefit (JB).
Category 2: Other Payment Recipients
Individuals in receipt of the following payments are eligible to participate in Skillnets/Finuas training:
- Disability Allowance
- Blind Pension
- Invalidity Pension
- Illness Benefit
- Lone Parents Allowance
- Farm Assist
- Back-to-Work Allowance (Scheme closed to new applicants - May 2009)
- Back-to-Work Enterprise Allowance
Please note that participants on the Community Employment and Jobs Initiative labour market programmes are not eligible to participate in Skillnets or Finuas funded training.
Category 3: People Receiving No Social Welfare Payments
The following individuals who are not in receipt of social welfare payments are eligible to participate in Skillnets/Finuas funded training:
- Former sole traders and small business owners
- Recent graduates who are unemployed
- Individuals who don’t qualify for social welfare payment because of their spouse’s income
- Individuals, including former semi-state employees, signing on for credits but in receipt of no social welfare payment
- Individuals who have accepted redundancy payments