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Benefits for someone moving to Ireland

  • 14-01-2009 8:28pm
    #1
    LadyE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,021 ✭✭✭


    Hi All,

    I have a friend, has a completly crap life in the uk.

    The father of her 2 children is in prison for murder, and gets out in a couple of months. She really needs to get out of the country because of this, and wants to come to Ireland.

    Can she claim benefits here before she can find a job?

    Think she would need OPA and rent allowance?

    Cheers


Comments

  • #2
    Kristopherus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,907 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    If she wants to get away from him, then she's wasting her time coming here. Too small and too easy to find. London would be a far better bet imo anyway.


  • #3
    LadyE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,021 ✭✭✭LadyE


    Thanks for that - she's picked here tho. London isnt an option.


  • #4
    Morlar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,273 ✭✭✭Morlar


    LadyE wrote: »
    Can she claim benefits here before she can find a job?

    It might make more sense to find that job before moving here.


  • #5
    johnmahon010186
    Closed Accounts Posts: 65 ✭✭johnmahon010186


    She could apply for One Parent Family allowance (presuming she doesnt have a new partner). Can take a while for the claim to get into payment though. And once she gets that she can still work while getting OFP! The rate shes getting will be reduced though depending on how much she will be earning! What a great country!


  • #6
    uoluol
    Closed Accounts Posts: 318 ✭✭uoluol


    As she is not Irish, and has not lived here, I think she will have to satisfy the conditions of habitual residency. And from what you say, it appears unlikely she will qualify. She has no family, employment or ties to the State.


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  • #7
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,295 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    uoluol wrote: »
    As she is not Irish, and has not lived here, I think she will have to satisfy the conditions of habitual residency. And from what you say, it appears unlikely she will qualify. She has no family, employment or ties to the State.

    I'm pretty sure (like 99.9% sure) that only applies to those of us from outside the EU. There are different rules for people from the UK, and others for the rest of the EU.

    I would suspect that yes she is eligible. But the welfare are the only ones who can say for certain.

    ... and even for those from outside the EU, there are ways apart from the 2-year thing to satisfy habitual residence. I'm not sure what they are exacty (some kind of declaration), but do know that the exist.


  • #8
    ghostdancer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,539 ✭✭✭ghostdancer


    would somewhere in NI not be easier to move to?
    i presume that she could keep most of her benefits she gets now, keep the same system, and move just as far away...


  • #9
    sorella
    Closed Accounts Posts: 923 ✭✭✭sorella


    The Citizens Information people are the best to advise. see
    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories

    Many UK benefits wil still be given here; reciprocal arrangements.. call them?

    Some benefits require habitual residency, even to EU people; eg disability allowance, others do not.

    It can be quite complicated so the Citizens info will know and most of the info is on the web site


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