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Question about disability allowance and work

  • 10-07-2020 6:38pm
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    If someone got a part time job say 8 hours a week would they lose there medical card and travel pass?


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  • #2
    SourSessions
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭SourSessions


    You can keep your extra benefits but your HAP payment might go up


  • #3
    SourSessions
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭SourSessions


    "you can earn €437.50 and still keep an entitlement to the minimum personal payment of €3 (since 27 March 2019)"

    As long as you retain your entitlement to your payment, you'll be entitled to the extra benefits as far as I'm aware.


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    SourSessions wrote: »
    "you can earn €437.50 and still keep an entitlement to the minimum personal payment of €3 (since 27 March 2019)"

    As long as you retain your entitlement to your payment, you'll be entitled to the extra benefits as far as I'm aware.

    As long as I can keep my travel pass and medical card I might apply I’ll ask my social worker.


  • #5
    Snow_White1987
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 152 ✭✭Snow_White1987


    Deleted User wrote: »
    If someone got a part time job say 8 hours a week would they lose there medical card and travel pass?

    As far as I know, under the new rules last year, you can stilll keep your travel and medical pass while working part-time hours.

    If you're on disability allowence, you can earn a certain amount before your allowence is reduced – it's a means-tested payment so they take a lot of different things into account in regards of your situation.


  • #6
    dartboardio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,436 ✭✭✭dartboardio


    I worked in the medical card section for 2 years, you can work and earn upto €427 on top of your DA payment and retain your medical card.

    (You must still renew it whenever it's due to be renewed, but you will be able to renew it on those grounds, normal renewal)


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