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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. 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, 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. 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 do rehabilitative 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. You notify the Department of Social Protection before you start work. 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. People on Disability Allowance are eligible for JobBridge - the National Internship Scheme. More information is available in our document Disability payments and 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 dependant 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 (from employment, including rehabilitiative employment) are assessed as follows: Weekly earnings are gross earnings less 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 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 In 2016, 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 Social Protection Social Welfare Services Office Government Buildings Ballinalee Road Longford Ireland Homepage: http://www.welfare.ie
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Rialacha Le bheith incháilithe le haghaidh Liúntais Míchumais, caithfidh tú: - Gortú, galar no míchumas fisiceach nó meabhrach a bheith ort a mhair nó a mbítear ag súil go mairfidh go ceann aon bhliain ar a laghad - De thoradh an reachta seo tá tú srianta go suntasach maidir le hobair a dhéanamh a bheadh oiriúnach do dhuine ar comhaois leat a bhfuil an taithí agus na cáilíochtaí céanna acu gan an riocht sin a bheith orthu - A bheith idir 16 agus 66 bliana d’aois. Nuair a shroicheann tú aois 66 ní bheidh tú cáilithe chun LM a fháil, ach déanfar measúnú ort i gcomhar pinsean stáit. - Tástáil acmhainne a shásamh - Coinníoll Gnathchónaithe a shásamh. Cúram cónaithe Má tá tú ag fáil Liúntas Míchumais agus má théann tú i isteach san ospidéal faoi chúram cónaithe leanfar le d'íocaíocht chomh fada agus a shásaíonn tú na coinníollacha cáilithe. Mura bhfuil tú ag fáil Liúntas Míchumais sula mbíonn tú faoi chúram cónaithe, d'fhéadfá a bheith i dteideal Liúntas Míchumais chomh fada agus a shásaíonn tú na coinníollacha cáilithe. An tástáil acmhainne Is í íocaíocht de réir tástála acmhainne í Liúntas Míchumais. Caithfidh iomlán d’acmhainní bheith faoi bhun méad áirithe chun an liúntas a fháil. Ar na rudaí is mó a áirítear mar acmhainní tá: Ioncam on díolachán an tí Má dhíolann tú do theach, is féidir neamhaird a dhéanamh de thorthaí dhíol an tí suas le €190,500 agus d’acmhainní á meas in imthosca áirithe agus má bhogann tú: - Isteach i gcóiríocht mhalartach (is féidir leat í a cheannach nó a fháil ar cíos) - Isteach le duine éigin atá ag tabhairt aire duit agus atá ag fáil íocaíocht chúramóra - Isteach i dtithíocht speisialta nó sciath-thithíocht sna hearnálacha deonacha, comhoibríocha, reachtúla nó príobháideacha - Isteach i mbaile príobháideach altrachta atá cláraithe faoin Acht um Shláinte (Tithe Altrachta) 1990. Má chónaíonn tú in áitreabh atá roinnte idir áit chónaithe agus áit ghnó ní tharscaoiltear ach an fáltas a bhaineann leis an áit chónaithe. Ioncam ó thuillimh Is féidir leat a bheith páirteach i bhfostaíocht athshlánúcháin agus suas le €120 glan sa tseachtain a thuilleamh agus ní rachaidh sé i bhfeidhm ar d’íocaíocht. Séard is brí le tuillimh ghlana olltuillimh ÁSPC, ranníocaíochtaí pinsin agus dleachtanna ceardchumainn. Caithfidh tú fógra a thabhairt ón Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí sula ndeánann tú obair ar bith. Ní ghlacfar 50% de thuillimh idir €120 agus €350 san áireamh i dtástáil acmhainne an Liúntais Mhíchumais. Caithfidh aon tuillimh, áfach, de bhreis ar €350 a mheasúnú mar ioncam i dtástáil acmhainne. Tá tuilleadh eolais ar fáil sa doiciméad faoi na híocaíochtaí míchumais agus obair. Íocaíochtaí do chleithiúnaithe Má tá tú pósta nó ag cónaí le duine mar fhear céile agus bean chéile, d'fhéadfá a bheith i dteideal liúntais dóibh mar do dhuine fásta cáilithe. Má tá leanaí cleithiúnacha agat, d'fhéadfá liúntas breise a fháil chomh maith. Má tá leanaí ag cónaí leat agus go bhfuil tú singil, gur baintreach tú nó go bhfuil tú idirscartha, d'fhéadfá liúntas a fháil don duine atá ag tabhairt cúraim do do leanbh/leanaí, chomh fada agus go bhfuil an duine 16 bliana d'aois nó os a chionn ag cónaí leat agus á t(h)acú agat. Ioncam ó thuillimh do chéile/pháirtí Má oibríonn do chéile/pháirtí, is féidir leis seo tionchar a bheith aige ar do Liúntas Míchumais. Ón 26 Meán Fómhair 2007, tá tuillimh do chéile/pháirtí measúnaithe mar a leanas: Is éard atá i dtuilleamh seachtainiúil ná an t-olltuilleamh lúide ÁSPC, aoisliúntas agus dleachtanna ceardchumainn. Baintear €20 in aghaidh an lae (suas le huasmhéid €60) as meántuilleamh seachtainiúil do chéile/pháirtí agus déantar 60% den fhuílleach a mheasúnú mar acmhainní seachtainiúla. Déantar na hacmhainní seachtainiúla a asbhaint ansin ó chomhiomlán do ráta pearsanta Liúntais Míchumais (LM) agus an Méadú uasta do Dhuine Fásta Cáilithe. Má bhí LM á fháil agat roimh 26 Meán Fómhair 2007 agus go bhfuil tú fós ag fáil íocaíochta ar an 26 Meán Fómhair, déanfar tuillimh do chéile/pháirtí a mheasúnú faoin measúnú maoine nua chun fáil amach an bhfuil tú níos fearr as. Má bhí níos mó LM á fháil agat ar an measúnú roimhe seo, leanfar leis an measúnú ag baint leasa as modh ríofa na n-acmhainní ó fhostaíocht roimhe seo. Má tá acmhainní do chéile/pháirtí athraithe ar chúis ar bith ón 26 Meán Fómhair 2007, ní féidir leat iarratas a dhéanamh ar mhodh ríofa na n-acmhainní ó fhostaíocht roimhe seo. Conas a dhéantar measúnú sláinte orm? Ba chóir gurb é do dhoctúir féin a chomhlánaíonn an tuairisc leighis, atá mar chuid den fhoirm iarratais ar do riocht sláinte. Déanann ceann de Mheasúnóirí Leighis na Ranna athbhreithniú deisce ar an tuairisc seo. Is dochtúir cláraithe é an Measúnóir Leighis. Rataí Ráta seachtainiúil (2016) Má tá tú pósta nó má mhaireann tú in éineacht le duine faoi mar gurb eisean/ise d'fear nó do bhean chéile, agus má cháilíonn an bheirt agaibh i gcomhair Liúntas Míchumais, geobhaidh gach duine agaibh ráta pearsanta seachtainiúil den Liúntas Míchumais. Má cháilíonn tusa nó do chéile nó do pháirtí i gcomhair Liúntas Míchumais agus má tá íocaíocht leasa shóisialaigh eile á fáil ag an té eile, geobhaidh gach duine agaibh an ráta pearsanta seachtainiúil dá (h)íocaíocht féin. Cá háit a ndeánfaidh mé iarratas? Rannóg an Liúntas Míchumais An Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí Oifig Seirbhísí Leasa Shóisialaigh Tithe an Rialtais Bóthar Béal Átha na Lao An Longfort Éire Láithreán Gréasáin: http://www.welfare.ie An Rannóg Athbhreithnithe agus Measúnaithe Leighis An Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí Teach Oisín 212-213 Sráid an Phiarsaigh Baile Átha Cliath 2 Éire