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‘VDW Credits’ are normally “fully reckonable”, that is they are treated as paid contributions. Therefore, on your return to this country ‘VDW Credits’ can help you qualify for certain social welfare benefits and pensions. Certain qualification conditions are relaxed and benefit years are extended for the payment of Jobseeker’s Benefit, Illness Benefit, Maternity Benefit and Treatment Benefit for the year the Volunteer Development Worker returns to this country and the relevant succeeding benefit years. It is very important that you identify yourself as a returned VDW when making a claim for one of these payments to ensure that the relaxed qualification conditions are applied to your claim. Details of the qualifying conditions applying to returned Volunteer Development Workers can be obtained from the relevant area of the Department. See table below:
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Is “ináirithe go hiomlán” iad na ‘Credimheasanna OFD’ de ghnáth, is é sin go bpléitear leo mar ranníocaíochtaí íoctha. Mar sin, tar éis duit filleadh ar Éirinn, féadfaidh ‘Creidmheasanna OFD’ cabhrú leat cáiliú do shochair agus do phinsin leasa shóisialaigh áirithe. Maolaítear coinníollacha cáiliúcháin áirithe agus síntear blianta sochair ó thaobh Sochar do Lucht Cuardaigh Fostaíochta, Sochar Breoiteachta, Sochar Máithreachais agus Sochar Cóireála a íoc i gcomhair na bliana a bhfilleann an Oibrí Forbartha Deonach ar Éirinn agus i gcomhair na mblianta sochair ábhartha ina dhiaidh sin. Tá sé an-tábhachtach go gcuirfidh tú thú féin in aithne mar OFD atá fillte abhaile agus éileamh ar cheann de na híocaíochtaí seo á dhéanamh agat lena chinntiú go mbeidh feidhm ag na coinníollacha cáiliúcháin maolaithe i do chás. Is féidir sonraí de na coinníollacha cáiliúcháin ó thaobh na nOibrithe Forbartha Deonacha atá fillte abhaile a fháil ó rannán cuí na Roinne. Féach an tábla thíos: