Unemployed Participants
Summit Finuas Network are pleased to be able to offer a limited number of free places for unemployed students insterested in one of our listed courses.
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