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Illness Benefit and CE scheme

  • 23-07-2015 9:45pm
    #1
    Fifi2010
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭


    Can anyone please help? I've been out of work on illness benefit for over 1 year. I really want to do a CE scheme which will start in approx October. My worry is that when I apply for the CE scheme (next week with Intreo) I will be flagged in the system. Will my illness benefit be stopped straight away? I know it will be stopped when I start the scheme but can't afford to have nothing till October. Thanks


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  • #2
    mp22
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 6,854 Mod ✭✭✭✭mp22


    You cannot work while you are getting Illness Benefit (you can do voluntary work in some cases). If you have a current Illness Benefit claim and have been getting Illness Benefit for at least 6 months you can apply for Partial Capacity Benefit (PCB). PCB is a scheme which allows you to return to work (if you have a reduced capacity to work) and continue to receive a social welfare payment. A Medical Assessor (who is a doctor employed by the Department of Social Protection (DSP)) will assess the restriction on your capacity for work, and the personal rate of PCB paid is based on this assessment. You cannot take up work until you have written approval to do so from the DSP.

    From here http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/disability_and_illness/disability_benefit.html


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