JSA rates when married to a full time student

mistress_gi

hi everyone! so i have a question. i lost my job and am in the process of claiming JSA i worked part time for 3 years before i lost this position.
My partner (weare married) is a full time post grad student and is in receipt of a tax free maintenande grant from another country. Also he does extra demonstrations twice a year and gets paid extra by the college for these, these are taxed etc.
My question is, is the grant considered as income in the means assessment?
i tried to find infor but found nothing. if you could leave me some links i would really appreciate it.

danjo-xx

Some mention of grants and training allowances here.

Cash income not taken into account

The following cash income is not taken into account for all schemes except Family Income Supplement (FIS), Supplementary Welfare Allowance (SWA) and Rent Allowance (Rent Allowance is not the same as Rent Supplement):

• Any payment made by the Department of Social Protection (DSP) (except in the case of Jobseeker's Allowance where a maximum payment applies)
• Supplementary Welfare Allowance (SWA)
• Domiciliary Care Allowance
• Income from property already assessed on its capital value
• Any payment corresponding to Child Benefit from another EU member state
• Income from recognised non-profit making charitable organisations
• Mobility Allowance from the Health Service Executive (HSE)
• Foster Care Allowance from the HSE
• Home Care Grant from the HSE
• Allowances under the Home Tuition Scheme from the Department of Education and Skills
• Grants to parents of children attending primary school in Gaeltacht areas, and income from providing accommodation to students studying Irish in Gaeltacht areas
• Any amount received as a training allowance while undergoing a course of rehabilitation training by an organisation approved by the Minister for Health
• Compensation awards to people who have contracted Hepatitis C or HIV from contaminated blood products, together with income from the investment of that money
• Compensation awards by way of the Residential Institutions Redress Board together with income from the investment of that money
• Compensation awards to persons who have a disability caused by Thalidomide together with income from the investment of that money
• €104 per year from certain Army pensions (including a British War Pension)
• PRSA contributions
• Any repayments under the Nursing Home Repayments Scheme to the spouse or civil partner of the person overcharged
• The following payments to your spouse, civil partner or cohabitant: Back to Work Enterprise Allowance, Back to Education Allowance, Back to Work Allowance or Part-Time Job Incentive, payments from FÁS or VTOS (not including Community Employment).

Additional cash income may not be taken into account for individual social welfare payments. The Department of Social Protection provides more information on additional cash income not taken into account in the means test for social welfare payments.

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

mistress_gi

Thank you for your reply. I see no mention of education grants so I might be wrong. I just find it strange that for means test for medical cards the grant doesn't count as income (this was last year when I was still working) but it does count when it comes to JSA. This is really confusing

Annasopra

mistress_gi wrote: »

Thank you for your reply. I see no mention of education grants so I might be wrong. I just find it strange that for means test for medical cards the grant doesn't count as income (this was last year when I was still working) but it does count when it comes to JSA. This is really confusing

It seems that education grants do get assessed.