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Disability Allowance and Job Seekers

  • 21-04-2020 4:48pm
    #1
    Peterlally1986
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6 ✭


    Hi everyone,

    If I applied for job seekers how would this affect my wife's disability allowance. Citizens advice told me on the phone that she would get 203 Euro per week and I would only get 134 as a dependent?

    I think this is incorrect as it states on there website that we would both get the full amount?

    Thanks,

    Peter


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  • #2
    marguerite2000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 118 ✭✭marguerite2000


    Peterlally1986 wrote: »
    Hi everyone,

    If I applied for job seekers how would this affect my wife's disability allowance. Citizens advice told me on the phone that she would get 203 Euro per week and I would only get 134 as a dependent?

    I think this is incorrect as it states on there website that we would both get the full amount?

    Thanks,

    Peter

    i was in this position one time and Citizens advice told me the same ,,i got DA and my then partner was on jobseekers and we both recieved the full rate .


  • #3
    splinter65
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    You both will receive €203 if neither of you have any other income.


  • #4
    Peterlally1986
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6 ✭Peterlally1986


    splinter65 wrote: »
    You both will receive €203 if neither of you have any other income.
    It's a bit confusing on the citizens advice page isn't it?!


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


    Peterlally1986 wrote: »
    It's a bit confusing on the citizens advice page isn't it?!

    Here’s the bit from citizensinformation.ie that tells you:

    If you or your spouse, civil partner or cohabitant qualifies for Disability Allowance and the other is getting another social welfare payment, you will each get the weekly personal rate of your respective payment.

    https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/disability_and_illness/disability_allowance.html


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