Supplementary Welfare Allowance - suggestions

pmrozik

Hi All,

I have been in Ireland since late September 2013 and I am currently employed part-time. I have never been on any kind of state support in my life and I need the support to get back on my feet financially.

Now, I need a bit of advice regarding the form itself because:

1) My girlfriend and I are not married but we've been together since 2008 and we have been raising her kids from her previous marriage
2) I am currently in Ireland and she and the kids are in Poland at the moment, but we all want to live here in Ireland

How should I approach this? I mean, although we're not formally a family, technically we are. She was here to visit just over a month ago. Do I just put down that I am single? Cohabiting? Neither actually fits the picture. She is employed full time but her earnings basically just cover the rent payment. If I don't help her, she won't have a place to live. Would it help if we got married? We've been meaning to anyway, it's just that things have been difficult and it costs money.

The good news is that she's due to get her settlement for her half of the house (after a 5-year court battle) at the end of August and I would like to move into full-time employment in my industry or start my own company, but I do need the support for six months.

I'll apply either way as it never hurts to try, but I was just wondering how to approach this.

fussyonion

pmrozik wrote: »

Hi All,

I have been in Ireland since late September 2013 and I am currently employed part-time. I have never been on any kind of state support in my life and I need the support to get back on my feet financially.

Now, I need a bit of advice regarding the form itself because:

1) My girlfriend and I are not married but we've been together since 2008 and we have been raising her kids from her previous marriage
2) I am currently in Ireland and she and the kids are in Poland at the moment, but we all want to live here in Ireland

How should I approach this? I mean, although we're not formally a family, technically we are. She was here to visit just over a month ago. Do I just put down that I am single? Cohabiting? Neither actually fits the picture. She is employed full time but her earnings basically just cover the rent payment. If I don't help her, she won't have a place to live. Would it help if we got married? We've been meaning to anyway, it's just that things have been difficult and it costs money.

The good news is that she's due to get her settlement for her half of the house (after a 5-year court battle) at the end of August and I would like to move into full-time employment in my industry or start my own company, but I do need the support for six months.

I'll apply either way as it never hurts to try, but I was just wondering how to approach this.

So you're considering getting married so you can claim certain benefits?!

mrsbyrne

Your not cohabiting so you can't claim for her. If you try to claim for her they will want her and the kids PPSNs and her payslips so that's not going to work.
You may not even be able to claim for yourself unless you can prove Habitual Residence.