Social Welfare Information
This section provides social welfare related redundancy information including;
- Unemployment payments
- Jobseeker's Benefit
- Jobseeker's Allowance
- The means test
- Jobseeker's payment rates
- Secondary Benefits
- Credits (or PRSI credited contributions)
- Genuinely Seeking Work criteria
- Appealing a Social Welfare decision
Contact the INOU Welfare Rights Helpline
Phone (01) 8560088
www.inou.ie
queries@inou.ie
The INOU are recognised as experts in Welfare Rights and Welfare to Work information provision.
We can provide information and assistance with issues such as;
- Jobseeker's Payments
- Social Welfare Payments
- Back to Work options
- Taxation and Welfare to Work
- Education and Training options
- Community Employment
- Health Board payments
- Secondary Benefits - including Rent Supplement, Medical Card, etc.
- And general welfare issues
The aim of our service is to ensure that unemployed people have access to comprehensive Welfare to Work / Welfare Rights information and advocacy services, directly from the INOU or through our network of Welfare Rights providing affiliates around the country.


