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Disability allowance query

  • 23-11-2017 10:49pm
    #1
    snuffysshop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38 ✭


    My daughter who just turned 18 is applying for disability allowance she has several severe medical problems and is on a lot of medication, treatment is costing on average €600 per month, she is in leaving cert year, has been sick for over a year when she got meningitis caused by a infectious disease she picked out foreign, she has missed most of the year of school. She works four hours a month selling burgers at a local match stadium when she is well so she does this maybe 8 times throughout the year, would she still
    Be eligible for disability, has anyone applied while working a few hours and been granted it.


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  • #2
    Squatter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,841 ✭✭✭Squatter


    Income from work

    You can do rehabilitative work (which includes self-employment) and earn up to €120 per week (after deduction of PRSI, any pension contributions and union dues) without your payment being affected. You notify the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection before you start work.

    " If you wish to do rehabilitative work, you must get written permission from the Department of Social Protection (DSP) before starting any work. For both payments you need to provide a letter from your doctor certifying that the proposed work is rehabilitative. You also need to provide confirmation of your earnings (a payslip, your contract of employment or a letter from your employer). You do not need to have been getting your payment for a minimum period of time before you can apply for permission to work. You may keep your Disability Allowance or Blind Pension if you get an exemption and your income is below a certain level."


    It's hard to see occasionally selling burgers as being regarded as rehabilitative work, but who can say?


    More here:-

    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/social_welfare_payments_and_work/disability_payments_and_work.html

    Why not get her to drop in to her local Citizens Information Office.


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