Claiming as a couple rates

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Hi,
I am a single parent claiming one parent family payment at the moment. Myself and my partner are going to move in together shortly and claim as a couple.
I was checking out the rates of pay on the website and it says that one of us keeps the full weekly amount but the other will lose 64e a week...!!
Can this be right? It seems like an awful lot... I don't know how we will manage to be honest if that is the case. ..
Thanks in advance

wmpdd3

€188 for the claiming person, €124 for the other person, €29.80 for the child.

FIS is really the only way to make it work.

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wmpdd3 wrote: »

€188 for the claiming person, €124 for the other person, €29.80 for the child.

FIS is really the only way to make it work.

Thanks. .. It just seems so low. .. a difference of €64 per week is huge plus I lose my rights as a single parent (whatever they are lol)

So one of us tries to get a job for at least 19hrs per week & we can apply for fis then. ..? I read up on it but not 100% on how it works. ..
you have to be off the social welfare to get it?

myshirt

If you are in a relationship, you shouldn't be getting lone parent.

This is fundamentally unethical, and possibly fraud. Undertake to pay it back, immediately.

Appalling and shameful.

When I started out, my child would have been €70 a week better off with:

1. Me not working, and;
2. The mother claiming one parent

I would have had 40 hours more free to myself.

And rent would have been €230 a month, and not €750, because it would be state supported.

But you don't do that. You go out there and you earn your own money. No matter what it takes. That is your child. Not someone elses.
Money just doesn't fall from the sky magically. Someone has to earn it here on earth.

Complaining because your money would drop? That should be the least of your concerns.

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myshirt wrote: »

If you are in a relationship, you shouldn't be getting lone parent.

This is fundamentally unethical, and possibly fraud. Undertake to pay it back, immediately.

Appalling and shameful.

When I started out, my child would have been €70 a week better off with:

1. Me not working, and;
2. The mother claiming one parent

I would have had 40 hours more free to myself.

And rent would have been €230 a month, and not €750, because it would be state supported.

But you don't do that. You go out there and you earn your own money. No matter what it takes. That is your child. Not someone elses.
Money just doesn't fall from the sky magically. Someone has to earn it here on earth.

Complaining because your money would drop? That should be the least of your concerns.

Can you explain to me why I shouldn't be claiming one parent family payment if I am in a relationship?
What has that got to do with providing for my child exactly???

My weekly money going down & possibly not having enough to feed my child & get her to school is the MOST of my concerns not the LEAST... maybe your children aren't at the top of your list but mine are!!

I asked for help but it seems like you are only here to troll or at the very least be judgemental & look down your nose at me. . You know nothing of my situation so keep it to yourself.

myshirt

I'm not trolling.

Two points:

1. If you come on boards, we can only work with the information you provide.

2. If you are going to engage in unethical and possibly fraudulent behaviour, anyone is entitled to take you on head-on on it, robustly.

We all have a cross to bear in life, we all have difficulties, and challenges.

But in the face of this, people don't go out there and behave like that do they. That is shocking.
It is an affront to genuine lone parents.

You are not entitled to claim lone parent if you are in a relationship. Appalling and disgusting.

mp22

The OP has clearly stated that they are going to move in with their partner and then claim as a couple.
Lone parents payment dose not stop anyone having a relationship.

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myshirt wrote: »

I'm not trolling.

Two points:

1. If you come on boards, we can only work with the information you provide.

2. If you are going to engage in unethical and possibly fraudulent behaviour, anyone is entitled to take you on head-on on it, robustly.

We all have a cross to bear in life, we all have difficulties, and challenges.

But in the face of this, people don't go out there and behave like that do they. That is shocking.
It is an affront to genuine lone parents.

You are not entitled to claim lone parent if you are in a relationship. Appalling and disgusting.

I didn't ask for your condescending judgement.... again...

I already asked you to explain to me why exactly I should not be allowed to claim One Parent Family Payment if I am in a relationship??? Are you under the impression that we live together, if you had actually read my original post before jumping in as the ethical and moral police you would see that it states quite clearly that we don't, in fact we don't even live in the same county.

So where exactly in the law does it state that a person claiming One parent Family Payment should not be in a relationship..???

Maybe you should try reading people's posts before condemning them to unethical and fraudulent behaviour, that is a very serious accusation.

'You are not entitled to claim lone parent if you are in a relationship. Appalling and disgusting.' this is the second time you have stated this and I ask you again to explain to me why this is so & refer me to the point of law.

Or are you one of those people that believe that all single parents are at fault and as such do not deserve a life of their own??

mp22

This has gone far enough thanks.

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