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Invalidity Pension Questions.

  • 12-12-2016 7:42pm
    #1
    mickmac76
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 400 ✭✭


    Hi

    I'm applying for the invalidity pension and I have a couple of questions that I hope people can help me with. The application form doesn't look for any information from your GP so does the Social Welfare department send you for a medical with their own Doctors as part of the assessment procedure. Also the application form is looking for the date I Finished work. Technically I'm still employed and am just out sick so do I just need a letter from my employer stating when I last worked (my employer knows I will never return to work and they are fine with this). Finally does anyone know how long the whole application process takes and does the department keep you up to date with the status of your application, it would be useful if they emailed you with updates.

    Mick.


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  • #2
    NUTLEY BOY
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,345 ✭✭✭NUTLEY BOY


    I dealt with some of this a few years ago in helping a relative to do the paperwork.

    AFAIK they will probably need to have obtained a report from their own doctor - a Medical Referee - on your medical fitness to work before making a decision.

    The decision on whether or not they will award the benefit is made by a civil servant (a Deciding Officer ?) but with the aid of the medical report.

    I think that they will have obtained a separate medical assessment from your own G.P. They wrote to my relative's G.P. with a medical questionnaire type of document.

    The claim was granted but, for completeness, we got copies of the Medical Referee's report and the G.P.s observations a few weeks later under Freedom of Information.

    The fact that you are still "technically" attending to some work might be a touch problematical. See Welfare's own notes on this benefit - link http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Invalidity-Pension.aspx. However, if you can give a detailed explanation of how this situation arises you might be alright.


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