Social security coordination rules protect the rights of citizens should they move between the jurisdictions for work. The jurisdiction responsible for social security payments, also called the Competent State, is often the place of employment or self-employment. Social insurance contributions are referred to as Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI) in Ireland and National Insurance Contributions Read more >

Client living in Co. Fermanagh was concerned that he had been made redundant from his job in Sligo as he had been notified by his employer that, as a result of a division of the business closing due to loss of business, he was being laid off. He queried his benefit entitlement with the local Read more >

Single Parent, Lives North, Works South A single parent with two dependent children is resident in NI and is a cross-border worker (part-time hours). Due to her cross-border employment she is currently in receipt of One Parent Family Payment, Working Family Payment and Child Benefit, all payable from ROI in addition to her wages. The Read more >

The client and her family live in Northern Ireland, she works in ROI and her spouse works in the NI.  Due to her Irish employment they receive a Family Benefit Supplement (top-up) payment from the South for their first child. The client took maternity leave to have her second child and was paid Maternity Benefit Read more >

A lady living in Donegal is unemployed and in receipt of Irish Jobseekers Benefit. She has been offered part-time work, a couple of days per week, across the border. She is concerned about losing her entitlement to Jobseekers Benefit for the remaining three days of the week. Individuals living in the South and claiming Jobseekers Read more >

Two employees from the same construction firm in Monaghan are laid off; one lives in Monaghan, the other in Fermanagh. They want to know where to claim benefits. When a frontier worker is made completely unemployed (there is no contract of employment in place) they should claim unemployment payments where they live. Employee resident in Read more >

A frontier worker living in Donegal and working in Fermanagh for 6 years has been made redundant from his job in NI and wanted advice on redundancy pay and benefits. As he has been employed continuously for more than two years for his employer he can claim statutory redundancy payment in Northern Ireland.  The payment Read more >

A married woman living in Lisnaskea, Co. Fermanagh, who had been working in Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan for ten years,  is currently seriously unwell and unlikely to return to work. She wants to know what sickness payments she might be entitled to. As a frontier worker she pays social insurance (PRSI) via her employer’s payroll system, Read more >

A single woman living in Enniskillen and employed in Dundalk for approximately 3 years.  She was pregnant and wanted to understand where to claim maternity payment. As a frontier worker she pays social insurance (PRSI) via her employer’s payroll system, this means that Ireland is responsible for her maternity payments. She can claim Maternity Benefit Read more >

In both jurisdictions new parents can avail of Paternity Leave to support their partner and care for the new baby. Some employers have their own paternity leave arrangements which are more generous than the statutory entitlement (check your employment contract). Paternity Leave is in addition to paid holiday leave. A “partner” includes the spouse or Read more >