Co-habiting while on social payment?

Beckala

I've a house for which I recieve rent allowance of €126 and my 2 kids live part time with me (3 days out of 4) I also receive jobseekers allowance @ €196. My boyfriend doesn't live with me but he currently receives €196 also and his 2 kids are with him 3 days out of 4 and he's paying €40 maintenance for one of them per wk. He receives rent allowance of €80.

My question is, dear people, how much will we be getting in total if we moved in together?

I've been told that obviously his rent allowance will be cut becoz my rent isn't changing and his moving into my house but then we've 2 extra kids we weren't claiming for b4 shud he even mention it to the welfare officer and I've been told we'll only be in reciept of €163 between us if we move in together.

Is this all true? Help! Ends are hard enough to meet as it is.

snuggles09

Once you move in together you will be means tested jointly as if you were a married cpl


As you are currently on 196 euro and he is moving in with you he would add 130.10 euro onto your current payment as a qualified adult. You would get a payment to you for 326.10 euro. It would be one payment to you as ye would be jointly assessed as a married couple.

From what I've read and based on the 196 euro I take it none of you are claiming for your children as dependants? If they were under 18 or over 18 and still in full time education you woudl be entitled to the 29.80 euro per qualifying child

29.80 * 4 = 119.20 euro onto the 326.10 = 445.30

Medical card guidelines can be found here http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/health/entitlement-to-health-services/medical_card


I hope this helps:)

Halloween Jack

snuggles09 wrote: »

Once you move in together you will be means tested jointly as if you were a married cpl


As you are currently on 196 euro and he is moving in with you he would add 130.10 euro onto your current payment as a qualified adult. You would get a payment to you for 326.10 euro. It would be one payment to you as ye would be jointly assessed as a married couple.

From what I've read and based on the 196 euro I take it none of you are claiming for your children as dependants? If they were under 18 or over 18 and still in full time education you woudl be entitled to the 29.80 euro per qualifying child

29.80 * 4 = 119.20 euro onto the 326.10 = 445.30

Medical card guidelines can be found here http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/health/entitlement-to-health-services/medical_card


I hope this helps:)

Most of the above is correct, while you live together, as a couple you are only entitled to 326.10 for yourselves. However this need not be as a single payment to one individual. You could both receive 326.10/2, ie both receive your own payment, but only half of the max rate you are entitled to.

As for the nippers, if they live with you part time, you may only be entitled to half the CDA rate for each child. If the other parent/s of the kids are on social welfare and receive the CDA rate for the kids, you will not be entitled to payment for them. They only pay 1 CDA rate per child.

As above, hope this helps.