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Long Term Illness / Benefit & Work

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  • 13-04-2010 2:03am
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    roycroper
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭


    I hope this is ok with the mods if it is not please delete.
    I have posted in the State Benefits Forum about long term illness, social welfare and work. I would be very grateful of any suggestions or advice as to what to do. I have been told to either send in a P45 or go back on to full time sick after working part time for the past two and a half years under an exemption to the rules of Illness Benefit. I have a debilitating illness since 2006 and as a result of this I almost topped myself in the summer of 2007. With support from my wonderful wife and my family I came back from doing something awful. I then applied to go back to work part time, to help me mentally. I can only manage to work part time physically at the moment as I am still undergoing treatment and do hope to return to work full time if I can. Citizens Info said I would be better off if I did stop working and claim all the other benefits, allowences, medical card etc that are available to me. I cant do this for my sanity and my doctor is reluclant to give me a final cert as she says I still have some way to go in my treatment regeim. Any advice suggestions or experiences would be very much appreciated.
    Many thanks, Roy


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    #2
    ppink
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    Did you think about volunteering until you are back to yourself again? i am in a different boat to you in that I was made redundant but I do know the feeling that my head needs to be contributing or doing something constructive for my sanity.
    I signed up with a load of courses with Fás and I am also volunteering at a dog shelter.


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    billiejean123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18 ✭billiejean123


    I would like to try working and I've been out on Illness Benefit for 9 months now. If I apply for an exemption to work do the DOSP keep writing to see me and assess me? I've been assessed twice now in the 9 months.


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