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Lone Parent

  • 29-03-2017 8:10pm
    #1
    Throwaway3754
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30 ✭


    I applied for lone parent, told them I'm receiving €30 a week maintenance from my son's father (which I am) and got accepted.
    He received a letter this week saying he needs to pay me €70 extra based on his wages- so €100 in total.
    They've only allowed €50 for rent which is actually €200 p/w and nothing for loans which is an extra €100 p/w. He earns €488 so €30 is really all he can afford.
    Can anyone help? Does he just ring up and say he can't afford to pay €100?


Comments

  • #2
    njs030
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,030 ✭✭✭njs030


    Yes he needs to contact them himself. They don't take things like loans into account so after rent and maintenance he has €188 to live on. You have €193 before anything is taken away....


  • #3
    Throwaway3754
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30 ✭Throwaway3754


    notjustsweet wrote: »
    Yes he needs to contact them himself. They don't take things like loans into account so after rent and maintenance he has €188 to live on. You have €193 before anything is taken away....

    Seems wrong that someone can have €150 coming out of your account and social welfare don't regard it yet if I had €150 coming in they'd be all over it


  • #4
    njs030
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,030 ✭✭✭njs030


    Throwaway3754 wrote: »
    Seems wrong that someone can have €150 coming out of your account and social welfare don't regard it yet if I had €150 coming in they'd be all over it

    I'm confused about where you got €150 from?
    Maintenance of children should be paid before loans which I would guess is why it's disregarded.


  • #5
    Throwaway3754
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30 ✭Throwaway3754


    notjustsweet wrote: »
    I'm confused about where you got €150 from?
    Maintenance of children should be paid before loans which I would guess is why it's disregarded.

    In an ideal world it should but that's not reality.


  • #6
    njs030
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,030 ✭✭✭njs030


    Throwaway3754 wrote: »
    In an ideal world it should but that's not reality.

    Ok....but in sw which is what the question is about it is.

    I think a discussion about affording a €400 per month loan while only paying €120 for your child is for another place.


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