Can anyone give advice about Illness benefit

robert18

Lads how are ye keeping just wondering can I get a bit off advice. Here is the details.

My wife is on illness benefit for the last 15 months. She worked part time so is not getting full payment 177 euro per week as we have two kids.

I finished college in May and my stamps ended in October up to then I was getting 217. Since then I have had no payments and also started working one day a week in the college I graduated in. I do about 7 hours per week in one day at a rate off 23.08 per hour.

I contacted citizens advice and was told that the way the calculate how much to stop you for the day was you get the total money worked take 20 euro off and then its 60% off what is left.

I got my means details last week and to my surprise they said that all I am entitled to is 95 euro per week. I contacted the officer and he said that it is right. I said that I was under the illusion that if I had no employment that between my wife, the 2 kids and myself we should get 372 per week but if I calculate my employment my wife's money and what I get it is roughly the same. What is the point working if you don't get anything extra.

The only bright thing is that I am starting a full time job Monday and won't have to deal with all this.

Thanks for reading and any advice is welcome.

mp22

Congrats on the job.


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