Illness _Disability allowence

chucken1

My partner is on illness benefit since Nov 2008 after having 5 heart attacks..ya all in one 1 day at the age of 39!

He has seen one doctor to do with his social welfare claim.18 months ago!

I dont want to use Entitled here but this is insane. Hes in no mans land!

mrsbyrne

he needs to apply for invalidity pension immediately
http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Schemes/IllnessDisabilityAndCaring/PeoplewithDisabilities/InvalidityPension/Pages/ip.aspx

there is a waiting time of in excess of 3 months as a result of changes in procedure, so act immediately.do you yourself work less than 15 hours a week? if so you might be entitled to 1/2 rate carers allowance
http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Schemes/IllnessDisabilityAndCaring/Carers/CarersAllowance/Pages/ca.aspx
there is a 6 month backlog for carers so please apply immediately. if you are awarded either or both of these payments you may then be entitled to HBP
http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Schemes/HouseholdBenefits/Pages/hb.aspx
this is a lot of form filling. please go to your local citizens information centre and ask for help.best of luck

chucken1

mrsbyrne wrote: »

he needs to apply for invalidity pension immediately
http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Schemes/IllnessDisabilityAndCaring/PeoplewithDisabilities/InvalidityPension/Pages/ip.aspx

there is a waiting time of in excess of 3 months as a result of changes in procedure, so act immediately.do you yourself work less than 15 hours a week? if so you might be entitled to 1/2 rate carers allowance
http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Schemes/IllnessDisabilityAndCaring/Carers/CarersAllowance/Pages/ca.aspx
there is a 6 month backlog for carers so please apply immediately. if you are awarded either or both of these payments you may then be entitled to HBP
http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Schemes/HouseholdBenefits/Pages/hb.aspx
this is a lot of form filling. please go to your local citizens information centre and ask for help.best of luck

Thanks for all that info . He applied for disability all. months ago but heard nothing! He just rang them now and they said they have no record of his claim . They will send out the forms again!!
Im not working at the moment so I get 124e. Can I apply for carers all now? or wait and see if hes awarded disability allowence?
Thanks.

mp22

mrsbyrne has suggested that you apply for invalidity pension which is a much better deal than allowance (provided you have enough stamps).Be careful that you apply for the right payment.

chucken1

Thanks mp22. We werent aware of a difference! I suppose its back to square one now with the form filling.
Can I ask,do you know how either payment would be decided?

EDIT: What I mean is..does the department tell you which one to apply for? How can he be sure hes applying for the correct benefit?

mrsbyrne

chucken1 wrote: »

Thanks mp22. We werent aware of a difference! I suppose its back to square one now with the form filling.
Can I ask,do you know how either payment would be decided?

EDIT: What I mean is..does the department tell you which one to apply for? How can he be sure hes applying for the correct benefit?

chucken this is important. SW have 4 different types of payments for people who are sick or disabled. if you husband is getting illness benefit now then the next step is invalidity pension. invalidity payment is more than illness benefit. you will not have to send in doctors certs. you will get free travel, free electricity units, a free landline or 25 euro per month phone credit, and a free tv licence.the citizens information centre nearest to you will probably help you to fill in the form. you need to do this as soon as possible as there is a long delay in invalidity pension being processed and you are losing out on your potential entitlement every day you waste. the doctor does not need to give any further information at this stage, but a supporting letter from him would not do any harm either.no, the department will not tell you which payment to apply for. invalidity pension is the correct benefit to apply for at this stage.

chucken1

Thanks a million for the info We'll get on to citizens information tomorrow.

mp22

http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Forms/Documents/inv1.pdf

if you have a printer.

paddy147

waiting time now up to 12 months,thanks to massive backlogs,appeals and lack of staff to process the backlogs and appeals.:rolleyes::rolleyes:

This country is an absolute dissgrace in how it looks after and deals with its people.

chucken1

mrsbyrne wrote: »

chucken this is important. SW have 4 different types of payments for people who are sick or disabled. if you husband is getting illness benefit now then the next step is invalidity pension. invalidity payment is more than illness benefit. you will not have to send in doctors certs. you will get free travel, free electricity units, a free landline or 25 euro per month phone credit, and a free tv licence.the citizens information centre nearest to you will probably help you to fill in the form. you need to do this as soon as possible as there is a long delay in invalidity pension being processed and you are losing out on your potential entitlement every day you waste. the doctor does not need to give any further information at this stage, but a supporting letter from him would not do any harm either.no, the department will not tell you which payment to apply for. invalidity pension is the correct benefit to apply for at this stage.

mp22 wrote: »

http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Forms/Documents/inv1.pdf

if you have a printer.

Thanks a million to both of you Posted the form off today. So we'll wait and see now.
Just another thing Im confused on now..Should I apply for carers allowence now? As I said Im not working and receive 124e jsa.a week. Or should I wait and see how his claim goes?

mrsbyrne

chucken1 wrote: »

Thanks a million to both of you Posted the form off today. So we'll wait and see now.
Just another thing Im confused on now..Should I apply for carers allowence now? As I said Im not working and receive 124e jsa.a week. Or should I wait and see how his claim goes?

apply for carers allowance immediately.
http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Forms/Documents/cr1.pdf
fill your own details and hubbys asap and drop it into hubbys GP for him/her to complete.. SW are currently only backdating payment to the date application is received, so every day that passes you are losing out on your entitlement. Carers are currently dealing with a 7 month backlog.:(:(:(

chucken1

You are brilliant .Thanks a million again! I'll get that done tomorrow.

mrsbyrne

chucken1 wrote: »

You are brilliant .Thanks a million again! I'll get that done tomorrow.

torment the GP to fill it in quickly and then post it off as quickly as possible to longford. good luck

chucken1

Thanks! The GP is very good as long as she has a days notice for form filling. I really cant thank you both enough for the help..we really didnt know what to do.

naughto

i dont no about the 6 months waiting list for in invidility pension i applied in january 2010 and got a text(yest a text) back from them a few days later saying that they where processsing my claim.i have got appointment for next week to see the sw medical doctor,but it was falling on the say day that i was to see a specialst so i rang them up and they said for me to keep the specialst appointment and that they would send me out a new date to be see by the sw doc.
may be id depends on you location for to be called quicker

chucken1

OP here! I just wanted to keep you up to speed on whats happening.
Well we got both forms filled out and within 5 days hubby got a text to say his claim is being processed. He now has an appointment with the SW doctor on April 14th. So at least things are moving along. Either way,we will be out of no mans land!

chucken1

OP here again. Well we seem to be back to square 1 here. Hubby got a letter last Thursday saying he's now not entitled to ILLNESS BENEFIT and got no money on Friday. The letter said to sign on for Jobseekers and go to the CWO in the meantime. If he signs on it means he's supposed to be looking for work,when in fact he cant go back to his previous job. He didnt hear anything about the application for Invalidity Pension. We're totally confused.

EDIT..The meeting with the SW doctor took all of 4 minutes. How a decision came from that is beyond me.

struggling sam

I feel for you! Took me 18 months from applying for Disability Allowance, being turned down, and appealing and losing the appeal. These magical people reviewed the medical evidence, however my consultant and GP were never contacted!!!