Work & Disability - New Bill 10.05.17

danjo-xx

Leo Varadkar has included this in a bill he published yesterday for occupational pensions. Might be of interest to some here. http://leovaradkar.ie/2017/05/varadkar-publishes-social-welfare-bill-2017-with-reforms-to-defined-benefit-pensions-disability-issues-welfare-fraud/

Relaxing rules for people with disabilities
The Bill also removes a barrier to employment for people on Disability Allowance and the Blind Pension. It will allow them to keep some or all of their weekly welfare payment if they take up work, which will no longer have to be of a strictly rehabilitative nature.

Nomis21

I am receiving Disability Allowance so this bill is of interest to me.

If I decided to take on a full time job and keep some (or all) of my DA payments, travel card, etc, won't the Dept. of Social Protection assume (Perhaps quite rightly) that I am capable of working full time and therefore no longer qualify for Disability Allowance?

njs030

Nomis21 wrote: »

I am receiving Disability Allowance so this bill is of interest to me.

If I decided to take on a full time job and keep some (or all) of my DA payments, travel card, etc, won't the Dept. of Social Protection assume (Perhaps quite rightly) that I am capable of working full time and therefore no longer qualify for Disability Allowance?

You have your payments and travel card?

Nomis21

notjustsweet wrote: »

You have your payments and travel card?

What payments are you referring to?

njs030

Nomis21 wrote: »

What payments are you referring to?

Disability allowance you said you were worried about being cut off if you get a job?

Nomis21

notjustsweet wrote: »

Disability allowance you said you were worried about being cut off if you get a job?

Yes, I am in payment of DA, I thought that was clear.

The question is whether by starting a full time job under the new rules in this bill, I would still eligible for DA if I showed myself capable of doing a full time job...

I thought the whole point of DA is to help those who CANNOT work?

yabadabado

People on Disability Allowance are already able to work and claim.It seems to be just a relaxing of the rules.

njs030

Nomis21 wrote: »

Yes, I am in payment of DA, I thought that was clear.

No it's not clear when a few days ago you said you were waiting for payment to start after an appeal had been allowed.

About three threads down.

MontoAddict

This is obviously a Turas Nua style way of shunting those on DA into menial jobs.

As someone has pointed out, once a DA recipient starts full time work they will be medically assessed and magically lose their allowance.

It disgusts me to be honest; it really is the modern form of the work/poor house.

Varadkar is Bertie lite.

Nomis21

notjustsweet wrote: »

No it's not clear when a few days ago you said you were waiting for payment to start after an appeal had been allowed.

About three threads down.

Please try to focus on the discussion taking place in this thread and not with previous threads which have no bearing on this discussion.

Whether I have received my arrears or not is not relevant to the question of whether someone who is receiving DA will still be eligible for DA if they show they are capable of full time work by starting a full time job.

Nomis21

yabadabado wrote: »

People on Disability Allowance are already able to work and claim.It seems to be just a relaxing of the rules.

Is it a relaxing of the rules or is it a way to entice people on DA into work and then at some stage cut off their payments because they are then are no longer eligible for the payment?

mp22

The politics forum would be the place for this discussion.

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