Job Seekers Allowance after Budget 2010

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KATE_2

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Hey, I applied for Job Seekers Allowance in November 2009 and just received a decision today. The deciding officer gave me a start off Personal Rate of 100 euro (prior to deductions) . Should I not be entitled to the rate (196 euro) which was offered before the Budget cuts in December 2009, as I had applied before the Budget took effect? If not, then since Im 22 years old, and have been since last September, should my personal rate not be 150 euro? I cant get through to the social welfare office to ask them so would love to have my facts right before I get talking to them. Thank You!