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DPS Card no longer a dependent

  • 12-10-2015 11:53AM
    #1
    galwayjohn89
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    Hopefully this is the correct forum. I am no longer in full time education but still living at home. From my understanding, I cannot be listed as a dependent any more. On the form it asks for my address of new household. This hasn't changed. I am not really sure what I am to do?


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  • #2
    locum-motion
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    The DPS operates on a "per-family" basis - the threshold for a "family's" monthly prescribed medication is currently €144.00.

    The definition of a "family", for the purposes of the DPS is:

    1. A nominated "head of household", who must be an adult.
    2. That person's spouse or partner. A partner is a person with whom one lives 'as husband and wife' (although I'm sure 'husband and husband' or 'wife and wife' would be accepted these days!)
    3. Their children up to the age of 18.
    4. Their children up to the age of 23 who are still in full-time education.
    5. I can't remember the exact wording of the last bit, but it's something along the lines of: Other children who are still wholly dependent upon them. My understanding is that this part applies to disabled adult children who require care from and live with their parents.

    Basically, once you've left full-time education and/or are over the age of 18/23 as appropriate, you then become a separate "family" in the eyes of the DPS, even if you still live with your parents. The address of your 'household' is the same as that of your parents' 'household'.


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