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Introduction Disability Allowance is a weekly allowance paid to people with a disability. You can get Disability Allowance from 16 years of age. If you are in education when you turn 16, you can continue to attend school. If you qualify for Disability Allowance you may also get extra social welfare benefits with your payment and other supplementary welfare payments. Budget 2019: The maximum weekly rate of Disability Allowance will increase by €5 with proportional increases for qualified adults. In addition, the weekly rate for a qualified child will increase by €2.20 from €31.80 to €34 for children under 12 years of age. It will increase by €5.20 from €31.80 to €37 for children aged 12 years and over. These increases will take effect from the week beginning 25 March 2019. Rules To qualify for Disability Allowance (DA) you must: - Have an injury, disease or physical or mental disability that has continued, or may be expected to continue, for at least one year - As a result of this disability be substantially restricted in undertaking work that would otherwise be suitable for a person of your age, experience and qualifications - Be aged between 16 and 66. When you reach 66 years of age you no longer qualify for DA, but you are assessed for a State pension. - Satisfy a means test - Satisfy the habitual residence condition. Residential care If you are getting Disability Allowance and go into hospital or residential care, you will continue to get your payment as long as you meet the qualifying conditions. If you were not getting Disability Allowance before living in residential care, you can get Disability Allowance if you meet the qualifying conditions. Means test Disability Allowance is a means-tested payment. To get the allowance your total assessed means must be below a certain amount. The main items that count as means are: - Cash income that you or your spouse, civil partner or cohabitant may have. More information is available in our document about cash income not included in the means test. - Capital, for example, the value of savings, investments, shares or any property you may have (other than your own home). However, the first €50,000 of any capital you have is not taken into account. More information is available in our document about capital and social welfare payments. - Maintenance paid to you. More information is available in our document about how maintenance is assessed as means. Taxation Disability Allowance payments, including increases for dependent adults or children and other Allowances paid with the payment, are fully exempt from income tax, PRSI and USC Income from the sale of your home The proceeds of the sale of the house up to €190,500 may not be taken into account when assessing your means if you sell your home and: - Move to more suitable accommodation (you can either buy or rent) - Move in with someone who is caring for you and getting a carer's payment - Move to sheltered or special housing in the voluntary, co-operative, statutory or private sectors - Move into a private nursing home that is registered under the Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990 If you are living in premises, part of which is a business and part of which is used for accommodation, only the proceeds that relate to the part of the premises that has been used for accommodation are not taken into account. Income from work You can 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. If you wish to work, you need to provide the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection (DEASP) with proof of your earnings (a pay slip, your contract of employment or a letter from your employer). 50% of your earnings between €120 and €350 will not be taken into account in the Disability Allowance means test. Any earnings over €350 are fully assessed in the means test. You can read more about how disability payments are affected by work Payments for dependants If you are married, in a civil partnership or cohabiting, you may get an increase in your payment for your spouse or partner. You may also get an increase in your payment for dependent children. If you have children living with you and you are single, widowed, separated or a civil partner who is not living with the other civil partner, you may get an increase in your payment for the person who is caring for your child, provided the person is aged 16 or over, living with and being supported by you. Income from spouse's, civil partner's or cohabitant's work If your spouse, civil partner or cohabitant works, it can affect your Disability Allowance. Your spouse, civil partner or cohabitant's weekly earnings are assessed as follows: Weekly earnings are gross earnings less employee PRSI, superannuation (pension payments) and union dues. €20 per day (up to a maximum of €60) from work is deducted from your spouse, civil partner or cohabitant's average weekly earnings and then 60% of the balance is assessed as weekly means. The weekly means is then deducted from the combined total of your personal rate of Disability Allowance and the maximum Increase for a Qualified Adult and any Increases for Qualified Children (if applicable). This formula does not apply to income from self-employment (all income from self-employment is assessed less allowable expenses and there are no disregards). If you were getting Disability Allowance before 26 September 2007 and you were still in payment on 26 September 2007, your spouse, civil partner or cohabitant's earnings will be assessed under the new means assessment to find out whether you are better off. If you would get a greater amount of Disability Allowance on the previous assessment then you will continue to be assessed using the previous method of calculating means from employment. If your spouse, civil partner or cohabitant's means have changed, for any reason, since 26 September 2007, you cannot apply the previous method of calculating means from employment. Medical assessment You are required to have your own doctor complete a medical report, which is part of the application form, on your medical condition. This report is reviewed by one of the Department’s Medical Assessors. Rates From 27 March 2019, the weekly maximum rate of Disability Allowance If you are married, in a civil partnership or cohabiting and you both qualify for Disability Allowance, you will each get a weekly personal rate of Disability Allowance. If you both qualify, you can both get the maximum rate. 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. If you think you have been wrongly refused Disability Allowance you can appeal this decision. Where to apply Disability Allowance Section Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection Social Welfare Services Office Government Buildings Ballinalee Road Longford Ireland Tel: (043) 334 0000 (If calling from outside the Republic of Ireland please call + 353 43 334 0000) Locall: 1890 92 77 70 (Note: the rates charged for using 1890 (Lo-call) numbers may vary) Homepage: http://www.welfare.ie
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Má tá tú buan-éagumasach chun oibre agus má chomhlíonann tú na coinníollacha ÁSPC agus leighis, féadfaidh tú iarratas a dhéanamh ar Phinsean Easláine trí theagmháil a dhéanamh le: Rannóg na nÉileamh ar Phinsean Easláine Seirbhísí Leasa Shóisialaigh Tithe an Rialtais Bóthar Bhéal Átha na Lao An Longfort Íosghlao: 1890 92 77 70 (ó Phoblacht na hÉireann amháin) + 353 43 3340000 (ó Thuaisceart Éireann nó ón iasacht) Rabhadh: Mura ndéanann tú éileamh in am, d'fhéadfá cuid den íocaíocht a chailleadh. Teastais is gá a chur le d'éileamh. Cinntigh go gcuirfidh tú na teastais seo a leanas le d’éileamh. Ní gá teastais a chur chugainn má tharla an bhreith nó an pósadh, an pháirtnéireacht shibhialta nó an t-aontas sibhialta laistigh de Phoblacht na hÉireann: - do theastas breithe (má rugadh thú lasmuigh de Phoblacht na hÉireann), - teastas breithe do chéile, do pháirtnéara shibhialta nó do chomhchónaitheora (má tá méadú dó/di á éileamh agat agus má rugadh é/í lasmuigh de Phoblacht na hÉireann), - do theastas pósta, do theastas clárúcháin um páirtnéireacht shibhialta nó aontas sibhialta (ní gá seo ach má tá méadú do do chéile nó do pháirtnéir sibhialta á éileamh agat agus má phós tú nó má rinne tú páirtnéireacht shibhialta nó aontas sibhialta lasmuigh de Phoblacht na hÉireann), - teastais bhreithe do leanaí cáilithe (má tá Méadú um Leanbh Cáilithe á éileamh agat agus mura bhfaigheann tú Sochar Linbh dóibh agus má rugadh iad lasmuigh de Phoblacht na hÉireann). Ní ghlacaimid le fótachóipeanna de theastais. Uimhir Phearsanta Seirbhíse Poiblí (Uimhir PSP) Ní mór duit d’Uimhir PSP, agus Uimhir PSP do chéile, do pháirtnéara shibhialta nó do chomhchónaitheora a thabhairt. Ní mór duit freisin Uimhir/Uimhreacha PSP a thabhairt maidir le haon leanbh/leanaí a bhfuil sé i gceist agat íocaíocht a éileamh ina leith. Mura bhfuil na huimhreacha seo ar eolas agat, déan teagmháil le d’Oifig Leasa Shóisialaigh áitiúil, le do thoil. Cuirfidh siad d’uimhir PSP in iúl duit. Mura bhfuil ceann agat, déarfaidh siad leat cad a bheidh le déanamh agat chun ceann a fháil. Chun a tuilleadh eolais uait, logáil isteach ar www.welfare.ie. Tabhair faoi deara Is féidir do Phinsean Easláine ar fad a áireamh mar ioncam chun críocha cánach. Déan teagmháil le d’Oifig Chánach áitiúil chun a thuilleadh eolais a fháil..