Disability Allowance and UK pension

fryingpan54

I am in receipt of Disability Allowance and I will shortly be getting a pension from the UK.

Any ideas how the means test on the pension is worked out and how will it affect my DA?

Thanks

Squatter

fryingpan54 wrote: »

I am in receipt of Disability Allowance and I will shortly be getting a pension from the UK.

Any ideas how the means test on the pension is worked out and how will it affect my DA?

I hate answering a question with another question, but here we go:

1. How much DA are you getting now?

2. How much is the UK pension worth per week? (Roughly - I know that sterling is weakening by the hour!)

fryingpan54

193.00 DA per week and uk pension estimated to be around £65 (sterling) per week

fryingpan54

Forgot to say spouse in receipt of 193.00 JA as well.

Squatter

fryingpan54 wrote: »

Forgot to say spouse in receipt of 193.00 JA as well.

OK, so you're getting the maximum rate of DA, which means that the DSP reckons that your weakly means from other sources are between zero and €2.50 a week.

Source: the DA table at this link:- https://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/1084_Illness-disability-and-caring.aspx (You need to scroll down a bit for the DA rates.)

Now, if you start getting a weekly pension payment of £65 a week - let's convert it to €71.00 - this will be regarded as an increase in your weekly means.

If you check the table that I linked above, you'll see the line:- Over €70.00 and up to €72.50 - Personal rate: €123.00

So it looks as though your DA will be reduced to €123.00, I'm sorry to say.

Turnipman

Edit:- "weakly" should of course read "weekly"!

myshirt

How are you getting full rate DA if your partner is getting full rate JA?