My husband was laid off approx 17 months ago and was claiming Jobseekers Allowance. But this is now finished as you only get if for 15 months. I earn €550 per week and because of this he was told that he is not entitled to any benefit, but I have to pay mortgage, food bills, esb, phone bill, health insurance, TV licence etc and I can barely manage. I am now very worried about the future as he has applied for tons of jobs over the last 17 months but rarely gets even an interview or a reply to his application and now with lots of people losing their jobs lately I think it will be even harder to get anything as he is an unskilled manual labourer and the only licence he has is a forklift licence. Basically I was wondering if there was anything else he can claim for as having worked for 26 years and paying taxes it feels lously to be told that 15 months is all you can claim.
Any advice would be grateful as we're both very depressed at the moment
Any advice would be grateful as we're both very depressed at the moment