Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Over 25 and living with parents

  • 09-06-2010 5:58pm
    #1
    Tchaikovsky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,185 ✭✭✭


    I've checked the welfare website but it only mentions claimants who are 24 or under; is parents income taken into account if you're living at home but over 25?


Comments

  • #2
    dlofnep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    Tchaikovsky wrote: »
    I've checked the welfare website but it only mentions claimants who are 24 or under; is parents income taken into account if you're living at home but over 25?

    Yes. At least it was for me for college when I applied for a grant.


  • #3
    Balagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,168 ✭✭✭Balagan


    Tchaikovsky wrote: »
    I've checked the welfare website but it only mentions claimants who are 24 or under; is parents income taken into account if you're living at home but over 25?

    No.

    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/social-welfare/irish-social-welfare-system/means-test-for-social-welfare-payments/how_parents_income_can_affect_jobseekers_allowance


  • #4
    alwaysadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,554 ✭✭✭✭alwaysadub


    No,doesn't affect you if you're over 25. Had to ring the SW to ask the same question a couple of weeks ago.


  • #5
    dlofnep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    That's strange that people are assessed under their parents for college grants over 25, but not for job seekers allowance. It doesn't make sense.


  • #6
    Tchaikovsky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,185 ✭✭✭Tchaikovsky


    Thanks a million lads. They should really make it clearer on the site.


  • Advertisement
  • #7
    shoegirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,029 ✭✭✭shoegirl


    dlofnep wrote: »
    That's strange that people are assessed under their parents for college grants over 25, but not for job seekers allowance. It doesn't make sense.

    Its an anarchronism from the 1970s when students generally would have gone into college immediately after school and anybody older would have been assumed to be paying out of their own pocket.

    The over 25s rule only changed relatively recently for benefit assessments. I think one of the reasons it changed was to stop providing a massive incentive to move into bedsits and start claiming rent allowance instead.


  • #8
    Anna23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 389 ✭✭Anna23


    I have bought my house in 2008 and lost my job in 2009, so next month it will be a year since I have been unemployed so I got a letter from SW to apply for unemployment allowance, I need to mention I am over 25, actually 27, but I have bought my house with my mum, and my dad is living with us. Though my dad was not involved in the purchase of the house. Do I put down my dad's income on the statement or leave his name out as he is not involve with the property whatsoever. What do I do in this case, do I put my dad's name down, and will his income and my mum's income be taken into consideration and go against me? I don't want to do anything illegal, but have no idea how to actually fill in the part with the parents. Can someone please point me in the right direction?


Advertisement