Until you have a job and have signed on the dotted line dont tell them nothing! 'May' have a job is not the same as having a job.

Wishing you all the best 🙏

Dude. Ignore anyone giving you shit. You’ve kept your head down. You’ve kept going. And you’re making things better for yourself.

I can’t answer your Q. But I just wanted to say kudos for keeping at it 💪

Talk to Citizens Information, they’ll probably know best if there are any in work supports available.

And I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed for you and that job!

You can get on the housing list. Get HAP if you can to cover some of your rent. You’re doing great; good job on your accomplishments and getting a job.

Instead of €250 or so a week you’ll be getting €490 a week after tax and that’s if you only work 39 hrs a week for 10 ish months of the year (since you’ll get bank hols weekends and annual leave)

You could get a raise soon enough or work another part time job. Pick something easy, it beats siting in the hostel all day. Esp pick a job with benefits like free food.

You wouldn’t qualify for any social welfare payments. Jobseekers can pay something if you are working parttime but since you will be working full time you won’t qualify. Supplementary welfare is only a bridge payment until your main social welfare claim is decided.

You may qualify for some support- in the meantime get on the housing list to qualify for homeless hap and check if the civil service are doing any open recruitment for CO positions. When you say supplementary welfare do you mean Supplementary Welare Allowance or just your leftover dole? You should qualify for full Jobseekers Allowance, plus exceptional needs payments for anything essential you may need help for, I.e. New clothes for work, a bike for transport, a monthly train ticket. Very best of luck- get into the citizens information ASAP to understand your options.

You may receive rent allowance depending on your income. There's a benefit of work calculator also. When you start working get onto the community welfare officer and they will give you a payment until your wages come in - you dont have to pay this back but youd have to pay the dole back if you continued to claim it when working. Is it work over 5 days?? If not you might be able to get x's and o's?

Check out the citizens information website, It's pretty helpful. https://share.google/28uflDgh8OMpjnGG2

Just checking did you sign up on your local county council for housing list?

Do you currently hold medical or GP card?

Also once you start work you should be entitled to HAP:

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/housing/renting-a-home/help-with-renting/housing-assistance-payment/

Apart from that when it comes to getting money together for a deposit for your rental you can ask for help through additional needs payment:

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social-welfare/supplementary-welfare-schemes/additional-needs-payment/

Apart from that get in touch with charities like SVP and Focus Ireland and try get as much info from them as possible. SVP may help financially if there's little bits you need when you first move in like bedding curtains and such.

Best of luck with your new job, it's minimum wage but still a stepping stone so you should be proud of the hard work you've put into getting here. Really hope everything works out for you this year

Get a medical card and start the hap application asap. Once you start working aim for a room <650 a month (I've done this on min wage and still saved 9k in a year no harsh budget applied).

Learn your tax credit entitlements. If you're renting and not getting hap make sure you get the rent tax credit. If you have to buy a uniform for work there's an allowance for that as well. It's only small but worth it.

If you've medical expenses keep the receipts and learn what ones you can claim back some of at the end of the year

And finally don't be ashamed or afraid of asking charities for help. A lot of homeless charities also support those struggling with cost of living (food, clothes , fuel). For the first year while transitioning from homeless to renter you'll need as much help as you can get to keep your home stable and get emergency money saved.

You should be looked after for someone that is homeless and without a job to taking a job and hoping that your own government will help you but I'm really not sure the government cares about our own and I don't mean that in any bad way towards yourself, I really love to see people that want to better themselves. I did a lot of charity work for the homeless and the government really don't do enough to help the homeless. I wish and pray for you that you'll get the right support you need 🙏

Get yourself down to the citizens advice office, you may be entitled to support -

Intreo are notorious for harassing people who have a history of recent employment and have paid taxes but ironically enough they never seem to bother people on long term dole who’ve never worked at all…

Intreo staff also do not have the last say or authority to cut your benefits, they are connected to social welfare office but are still a seperate entity - so go speak to someone in citizen’s advice and lay out your situation clearly, they will tell you best what to do.

Respect. Head up man, good luck to you.

Sorry you are in this position. There may be people who are more knowledgeable on the subject, but I don't think so. But if you can't find any information here, go into them and ask. All they can say is no.

There’s plenty of money in this country, I wouldn’t be telling Intreo anything until you have a bit of cash built up in your bank account.

The only thing available would be HAP. Some welfare offices will help you with clothing for the new job and I would suggest going to charity shops as they should have work wear. I would also suggest getting a second job maybe in a takeaway for a few months so you can save up a deposit to rent a room somewhere. When you get somewhere to live try the free cycle pages for the stuff you need. Congratulations on the job and remember there is other people on fulltime wages living in homeless accommodation so don't feel ashamed.

Your income would be under the limit for potential assistance from HAP even with full time minimum wage work. What would change is the amount of rent you would pay to the council, it’s a percentage of income - 10 or 15 i believe.

Also they won’t just cut you off. You contact them and tell them your first pay date with a letter from the job confirming when you get paid and you can stay on it for up to 30 days or till your wage gets paid.

Best of luck!

There's a social welfare Ireland Facebook page with loads of people who know lots! Also calling citizens information is a good idea, they are independent and just tell you what you might be eligible for. For example hap for housing, medical card, fuel allowance etc. There's a back to work calculator on the social welfare website as well which tells you what benefits you lose if your salary goes above a certain level.

Fair play to you for finding a job, and just really good everything works out for you.

You should qualify for Hap but speak to citizen’s information

Talk to your CWO and see what they say.

Is it possible for you to keep your welfare and work 19.5 hours a week. I believe (might be wrong) that you can do this without affecting benefit. Maybe at least something to look into. You could ask Intereo to put you on TUS or job seekers? The new employer gets the benefit of having you 37.5 hours and you keep benefit. They pay 19.5. Again something I’m not expert on but worth discussing.

No, you won't be entitled to supports if you are working full time.