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Getting married how much will my dole be cut?

  • 25-03-2013 7:38pm
    #1
    Tipsy McSwagger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,070 ✭✭✭


    I am planning on getting married next year and am currently receiving 188 euros jobseekers allowance. My gf works pro rata in the local supermarket. Can anyone tell me how much i will receive once married?


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  • #2
    wmpdd3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,625 ✭✭✭wmpdd3


    Depends on her earnings, if they change weekly, they will take an average of her previous earnings and work out your means.

    There are a few examples of means tests on this forum but form our experience, if one person is earning over €480, the other person will get zero, anything less than that and there is a chance of a payment. This is is there are no dependants.

    Also, its not that you are married, they do means testing if you are living with your girlfriend.


  • #3
    Tipsy McSwagger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,070 ✭✭✭Tipsy McSwagger


    wmpdd3 wrote: »
    Depends on her earnings, if they change weekly, they will take an average of her previous earnings and work out your means.

    There are a few examples of means tests on this forum but form our experience, if one person is earning over €480, the other person will get zero, anything less than that and there is a chance of a payment. This is is there are no dependants.

    Also, its not that you are married, they do means testing if you are living with your girlfriend.

    No kids and her average earnings is around 380 euros a week.


  • #4
    Sue Ellen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 461 ✭✭Sue Ellen


    If that is gross then you would receive approx €140 per week once you are living together.


  • #5
    Tipsy McSwagger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,070 ✭✭✭Tipsy McSwagger


    Can you tell me how you worked that out? Cheers!!!


    Edit - it's net pay


  • #6
    Slydice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    Are you living together at the moment? Will you be living together after you get married?

    I'd have thought that it wouldn't be allowed to end up with a couple having less combined earnings simply because they got married.


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  • #7
    Tipsy McSwagger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,070 ✭✭✭Tipsy McSwagger


    Slydice wrote: »
    Are you living together at the moment? Will you be living together after you get married?

    I'd have thought that it wouldn't be allowed to end up with a couple having less combined earnings simply because they got married.

    Living together after marriage.


  • #8
    Sue Ellen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 461 ✭✭Sue Ellen


    Calculation is:

    Gross Pay less (PRSI, Pension, Union Subs)

    Minus €60 disregard ( €20 per day for a max of 3 days assuming she works at least 3 days)

    60% of the above figure is the means and then you take this figure from €312.80 which is the max payment for a couple. This is the amount you will get.

    The figure would be less than I gave you above as I was basing the income on being gross.


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