New Pay-Related Job Seekers Benefit now available for people who become fully unemployed on or after 31 March

March 31, 2025

Pay-Related Benefit represents a landmark reform of the social protection system and will ensure that people who have paid enough pay-related social insurance (PRSI) contributions. receive a higher payment if they lose their jobs. The introduction of Pay-Related Benefit will bring Ireland in line with other EU countries and benefit people who have a strong and recent attachment to the Labour Market