AI Summary of 68D.Conditions for receipt
Contribution conditions for jobseeker's benefit (self‑employed) require either (a)(i) at least 104 employment or optional contribution weeks from entry into insurance to the week claimed, or (a)(ii) at least 156 self‑employment contribution weeks in that period. Additionally (b) at least 52 self‑employment contributions in the second last complete contribution year before the benefit year, and (c) reckonable weekly income in the governing contribution year in excess of €300 or an average reckonable weekly income within the ranges set out in subsection (4). Regulations may provide for modifications of these conditions.
Subsection (3) disapplies subsection (1)(c) for a person who, having been a volunteer development worker, returns to the State from a developing country in the benefit year of return and the two succeeding benefit years. Subsection (4) specifies average reckonable weekly income bands: not exceeding €149.99; exceeding €149.99 up to €219.99; and exceeding €219.99 up to €299.99. Subsection (5) defines reckonable weekly income as total reckonable income in the governing contribution year divided by the number of qualifying contributions in that year.
68D.Conditions for receipt
(1) The contribution conditions for jobseeker’s benefit (self-employed) are that the claimant -
(i) has employment contributions or optional contributions paid in respect of not less than 104 contribution weeks in the period between his or her entry into insurance and the week for which benefit is claimed, or
(ii) has self-employment contributions paid in respect of not less than 156 contribution weeks in the period between his or her entry into insurance and the week for which benefit is claimed,
(b) has self-employment contributions paid in respect of not less than 52 contribution weeks in the second last complete contribution year before the beginning of the benefit year in which the claim is made, and
(c) has reckonable weekly income in excess of €300 in the governing contribution year or has average reckonable weekly income specified in paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (4) in that year.
(2) Regulations may provide for modifications of the contribution conditions set out in subsection (1).