Can I Re-apply for JSB

I guys this is my first post on here and the situation is as follows:

I was put on a 3 day week about 3 years ago and I claimed JSB for two years. The JSB ended and then it ended up getting a letter form revenue and my JSB was taxable for two years! This money was already spent!! So was really disheartened by the whole thing.

So I did not reapply for the JSA because I tried to make thing work without it, by reducing our household costs for the past year. However, we are struggling.
Can i re-apply for JSB after been a year off or because my circumstances haven't and im still on a 3 day week it will be rejected.

Thanks in advance

You would only be eligible to claim Jobseeker's Benefit again if you have suffered a loss in employment. Here is the relevant paragraph from http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Jobseeker's-Benefit.aspx

You must have suffered a substantial loss of employment to re-qualify for JB, unless you are a casual worker. If you have lost your job you will have suffered a substantial loss of employment. If you are a part-time or systematic short-time worker DSP will look at your pattern of employment over the last 13 weeks or another representative period to find out whether you have suffered a substantial loss of employment.
For example, if you are getting JB and working 3 days each week as a systematic short-time worker or a part-time worker and your employment pattern has not changed during the course of your JB claim, you will not have suffered a substantial loss of employment and will not re-qualify for Jobseeker’s Benefit. However, if your JB claim ends and your 3 day week working week is then reduced to a 2 day week, you will have suffered a substantial loss of employment and may re-qualify for Jobseeker’s Benefit.

If you work 19 hrs per week or more, and have children, you may be eligible for Family Income Supplement.
You may also be eligible for Jobseeker's Allowance, which is means-tested.
Should you re-qualify for Jobseeker's Benefit at any time, note that it is still taxable.

JSB for systematic short time working is NOT taxable
http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/leaflets/it24.html

However,I believe that the social welfare office may have incorrectly classified you as a casual worker.

@ Vandriver yes they did tried to appeal but revenue said talk to SW and the loca SW they classified correctly. May write a letter to the main SW office.

@ gipmann thanks for the reply that certainly clears it up.