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Work Placement Experience Programme (WPEP)

Paid by Department of Social Protection (DSP) · 🇮🇪 Ireland

What this pays

The published value, how it is calculated, and whether it is cash or a credit ceiling.

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Who qualifies

The 4 published rules this programme tests you against — age, income, residency, household and the rest.

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2 documents you'll need

Exactly what to gather before you start, so nothing sends you back to the beginning.

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Where this comes from

WPEP gives people who have never had a job or who have lost their job the opportunity to get quality work experience for 6 months while keeping a weekly payment

https://www.gov.ie/en/service/work-placement-experience-programme/

Last checked 2026-08-12 · extracted from the official source, not yet re-read by a human

Other work & employment support in Ireland

Community Employment (CE) Community Employment (CE) Scheme (Fostaíocht Pobail) · Department of Social Protection (DSP) / local CE sponsoring organisations ●●●● Not human-checked Tús Tús (Community Work Placement Initiative) · Department of Social Protection (DSP) / Local Development Companies ●●●● Not human-checked

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