Job Seekers Allowance

lildubdevil

I have recently applied for JA and am still waiting to see if I'm eligible but am just wondering if will it affect the payment of someone else in the house? The income of my partner is being taken into account but his sister is also living in the house and she has been on the dole for the past 3 years.

Balagan

Parents'/step parents' and guardians' incomes are taken into account if you are living with them and under 25 and spouse's/civil partner's/cohabitant's incomes are taken into account. Your partner's sister's income will not be taken into account for your means test for Jobseekers Allowance.

Living with your parents

If you are 24 years of age or under and you are living with a parent or a step-parent in the family home, some of your parents' income will also be taken into account in the assessment for Jobseeker's Allowance.

This is called an assessment of the benefit and privilege you get from living with your parents. More information is available on how benefit and privilege is assessed in the means test.

Total means

To find your total means, your means under the various headings (for example, cash income, employment, capital, benefit and privilege) are added together. If you are married, in a civil partnership or cohabiting and your partner is getting a social welfare payment in their own right your means may be halved - see ‘Couples’ below.

Your total household means is then deducted from the maximum payment for your situation (see below) to find the actual amount of Jobseeker’s Allowance you are entitled to.
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/irish_social_welfare_system/means_test_for_social_welfare_payments/means_test_for_jobseekers_allowance.html

lildubdevil

I understand that her income will not be taken into account as part of the means when applying for my JA but will me getting it then affect her payment in any way? I didn't think it would affect her but just want to be sure.

Sue Ellen

Your claim or income will not affect her.