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what am i entitled to?

  • 20-09-2010 8:26pm
    #1
    denni26
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18 ✭


    I'm 18 and 3 months finished my leaving cert exams. I am pregnant at the moment and due the 11/12/2010. I am living at home with my parents and am not with the father of my child. I would like to movbe out of my home and get my own one when the baby is about 3 months old. can anyone tell me what i am entitled to now and when the baby is born as i cannot start college till september 2011. I am not doing any courses or on jobseekers allowance yet as im not sure if I should or not yet


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  • #2
    tenchi-fan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,339 ✭✭✭tenchi-fan


    denni26 wrote: »
    I'm 18 and 3 months finished my leaving cert exams. I am pregnant at the moment and due the 11/12/2010. I am living at home with my parents and am not with the father of my child. I would like to movbe out of my home and get my own one when the baby is about 3 months old. can anyone tell me what i am entitled to now and when the baby is born as i cannot start college till september 2011. I am not doing any courses or on jobseekers allowance yet as im not sure if I should or not yet

    you should apply for one parent family benefit and child benefit.

    As for the free house, your need for housing will be assessed. It's no longer automatic just because you had a baby.


  • #3
    denni26
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18 ✭denni26


    i can recieve rent supplement.. im not looking for local authority housing.. I will be eligible for a house anyway because there is 5 in my house already. my mother and father in one room and my two brothers in another. im in the smallest room of the house there is no room for a cot or anything so i should be eligible when they come out to assess it.
    is there anything i can apply for before i even have the baby?


  • #4
    jessiejam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 778 ✭✭✭jessiejam


    You could try and sign on for JSB, but your parents income will be taken into account as you are under 23.
    So unless they are both welfare recipients, you may not be entitled to anything.


  • #5
    tenchi-fan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,339 ✭✭✭tenchi-fan


    jessiejam wrote: »
    You could try and sign on for JSB, but your parents income will be taken into account as you are under 23.
    So unless they are both welfare recipients, you may not be entitled to anything.

    Parent's income isn't take into account if you have a baby.


  • #6
    delly
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 7,730 Mod ✭✭✭✭delly


    tenchi-fan wrote: »
    Parent's income isn't take into account if you have a baby.

    Which has not been born yet as the OP is asking what entitlements she is eligible for now.


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  • #7
    tenchi-fan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,339 ✭✭✭tenchi-fan


    delly wrote: »
    Which has not been born yet as the OP is asking what entitlements she is eligible for now.

    Ahh! I missed what the op was asking.


  • #8
    denni26
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18 ✭denni26


    my mother is recieving carer's allowance and my father is working.. he brings home about 300euro every week?..


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