Is he entitled to anything?

Kash

Hello, I hope someone here can make better head or tail of the state benefits than I can.

My father is 62.
He was retired at 57 from being a part time fire fighter - this was not voluntary, the retirement ages are earlier for this line of work.
He gets nothing from social welfare whatsoever, and needs to sign on once a year.

My mother is working full time.
She earns approximately 41000 a year.
They have a house

Should he be entitled to any state benefit?

eastbono

Kash wrote: »

Hello, I hope someone here can make better head or tail of the state benefits than I can.

My father is 62.
He was retired at 57 from being a part time fire fighter - this was not voluntary, the retirement ages are earlier for this line of work.
He gets nothing from social welfare whatsoever, and needs to sign on once a year.

My mother is working full time.
She earns approximately 41000 a year.
They have a house

Should he be entitled to any state benefit?

Doing a quick calculation of the figure you have provided it would appear that your father would be deemed means in excess from your mothers earnings.
Link below on how to calculate means.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/irish_social_welfare_system/means_test_for_social_welfare_payments/work_and_jobseekers_allowance.html

Kristopherus

Did he not get anything from the Local Authority that employed him?

Kash

eastbono wrote: »

Doing a quick calculation of the figure you have provided it would appear that your father would be deemed means in excess from your mothers earnings.
Link below on how to calculate means.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/irish_social_welfare_system/means_test_for_social_welfare_payments/work_and_jobseekers_allowance.html

Ok, thank you. Seems very unfair, but that's life in this country.

Kristopherus wrote: »

Did he not get anything from the Local Authority that employed him?

Nothing, not a penny. Seems part-time firemen are not entitled to anything until they reach the normal retiirement age. I haven't looked into this side of things though, so it might be worth confirming. It certainly seems unbelieveable, given the hardships he and other part time firefighters go through :rolleyes: