Should I apply for the supplementary?

One More Toy

Hoping someone here has an idea of state benefits

I just had my last illness benefit payment (hit the 2 year mark)

I'm going back to work once I get the OK from company doctors

But that means I'll be left a couple of weeks with nothing coming in, what should I do? Apply for supplementary?

One More Toy

Bump out of desperation and panic

StackSteevens

One More Toy wrote: »

Hoping someone here has an idea of state benefits

I just had my last illness benefit payment (hit the 2 year mark)

I'm going back to work once I get the OK from company doctors

But that means I'll be left a couple of weeks with nothing coming in, what should I do? Apply for supplementary?

Absolutely.

I can't guarantee that you'll get it as I don't know your situation - but if you don't apply, then you definitely won't! So you've nothing to loose.

One More Toy

StackSteevens wrote: »

Absolutely.

I can't guarantee that you'll get it as I don't know your situation - but if you don't apply, then you definitely won't! So you've nothing to loose.

How do I go about it? Thanks

StackSteevens

One More Toy wrote: »

How do I go about it? Thanks

I'm not sure how the application process works during Covid, but you should find out if you scroll through this link:-

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/supplementary_welfare_schemes/supplementary_welfare_allow.html

One More Toy

One More Toy wrote: »

Hoping someone here has an idea of state benefits

I just had my last illness benefit payment (hit the 2 year mark)

I'm going back to work once I get the OK from company doctors

But that means I'll be left a couple of weeks with nothing coming in, what should I do? Apply for supplementary?

Illness Benefit, isn't means tested. SWA is. If you're partner is getting any sort of half decent wage you wouldn't be entitled to anything. You should be applying for an in invalidity pension after IB if you're not going to pass a means test.

Also for SWA you need to have some sort of application in, they wouldn't award it with a closed IB claim and someone waiting to go back to work so youd have to apply for DA or Invalidity to get SWA.

One More Toy

gilberto_eire wrote: »

Illness Benefit, isn't means tested. SWA is. If you're partner is getting any sort of half decent wage you wouldn't be entitled to anything. You should be applying for an in invalidity pension after IB if you're not going to pass a means test.

Also for SWA you need to have some sort of application in, they wouldn't award it with a closed IB claim and someone waiting to go back to work so youd have to apply for DA or Invalidity to get SWA.

Damn I won't be applying for either as I'm waiting on the OK to go back my missus has a decent wage anyway so that's the end of that

Thanks for the reply

One More Toy

One More Toy wrote: »

Damn I won't be applying for either as I'm waiting on the OK to go back my missus has a decent wage anyway so that's the end of that

Thanks for the reply

You wouldn't get anything on SWA if she earned over say e400ish, if shes well above that youd need a mountain of children.
When someone is over the mark they just have to wait the few weeks or months some of these schemes take to pay.

The only option that seems to be open to you, is to apply for the Invalidity Pension. It will take a few months to be awarded and if you return to work in the mean time you can close the claim and get paid for the period you were off.

You never know what will happen so it's worth putting the application in.

One More Toy

gilberto_eire wrote: »

You wouldn't get anything on SWA if she earned over say e400ish, if shes well above that youd need a mountain of children.
When someone is over the mark they just have to wait the few weeks or months some of these schemes take to pay.

The only option that seems to be open to you, is to apply for the Invalidity Pension. It will take a few months to be awarded and if you return to work in the mean time you can close the claim and get paid for the period you were off.

You never know what will happen so it's worth putting the application in.

OK thanks I might just do that then but hopefully I'll be back in work next week or the week after