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Supplementary welfare allowance

  • 12-06-2009 3:57pm
    #1
    needhelpguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 202 ✭✭


    Just wondering if anyone can help me here.

    I have an appointment next week in the local social welfare office to apply for jobseekers benefit. I know that I will get the full amount per week for 9 months. But until the claim is processed (and I have been told it could take two months) I have absolutely no other income.

    I rang the local community welfare officer today to see if I could get the SWA to tide me over until I get my claim processed. He mentioned that because I am under 24 and living at home, I will be means tested for the allowance. I have to bring in a copy of my mothers pay slip. Why will I be means tested? I am already guaranteed the €204 a week from the social welfare once the claim is processed.

    Is it not possible to claim the full amount from the CWO until my claim comes through and then I can pay him back?

    I have large bills to pay starting next month and really need as much as possible.


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  • #2
    Xiney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,085 ✭✭✭Xiney


    even though you have applied for jobseeker's benefit, social welfare allowance is means tested like jobseeker's allowance. It sounds like they operate under the same rules, ie, if you're 24 or under and living at home your parents' income is taken into account.

    (However, if you lived out of home for three continuous years or live with your partner in your parents' home, this is not the case)


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