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Moving from Illness Benefit to Job Seekers Benefit

  • 31-12-2018 12:34PM
    #1
    lisa_celtic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 682 ✭✭✭


    My husband has been on illness benefit since the start of November. Our GP recommend he leave his job which was causing him serious stress and effecting his life.

    He is ready to come off illness benifit but if he moves to job seekers will he be disqualified for 9 weeks or will the GPs recommendation be "a reasonable cause"

    I'm working but we have a young child so up to 9 weeks with no income is just unthinkable/


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  • #2
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,670 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    lisa_celtic wrote:
    He is ready to come off illness benifit but if he moves to job seekers will he be disqualified for 9 weeks or will the GPs recommendation be "a reasonable cause"


    Does he need to come off illness benefit, before getting another, more suitable job?


  • #3
    lisa_celtic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 682 ✭✭✭lisa_celtic


    because of a dispute between GP and social welfare over the new illness benefit forms our GP is charging 8euro a week to get the medical cert filled out. so thats 8euro we are losing out on a week when on illness benefit.


  • #4
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,670 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    lisa_celtic wrote: »
    because of a dispute between GP and social welfare over the new illness benefit forms our GP is charging 8euro a week to get the medical cert filled out. so thats 8euro we are losing out on a week when on illness benefit.

    thats disgraceful, and possibly illegal. maybe check in with your local citizens information office to see what options are available for you and your family, ive never been charged for illness benefit forms, but this was before the implementation of the new form system.


  • #5
    splinter65
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    lisa_celtic wrote: »
    My husband has been on illness benefit since the start of November. Our GP recommend he leave his job which was causing him serious stress and effecting his life.

    He is ready to come off illness benifit but if he moves to job seekers will he be disqualified for 9 weeks or will the GPs recommendation be "a reasonable cause"

    I'm working but we have a young child so up to 9 weeks with no income is just unthinkable/

    No he won’t be disqualified at all. As he is applying for the benefit in 2019 I trust he has sufficient PRSI contributions and credits in 2017?


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