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Single Parent entitlements

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  • 06-04-2011 11:53am
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    Feebs10
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭


    Hi. I am a single parent of an 11 yr old. I am receiving Lone Parents €195pw and rent allowance of €17pw and working avg 19-20 hrs pw for avg €140pw which amounts to €352. SOMETIMES I get maintenance of €30 (of father) but I can not rely on that. After I pay my child minder I am left with very little for bills, rent (€350pm), food etc
    Does anyone know am I entitled to anything else or more rent allowance? I find the community welfare officer here impossible to deal with and I feel I am the only one going in to her office being completely honest with her and getting less then alot of people who are better off then me.
    Thanks
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    stargazer 68
    Registered Users Posts: 5,103 ✭✭✭stargazer 68


    Hi Op
    Not sure I can be much help but I get about the same in lone parents but get more in rent allowance - about 100 pw.

    I dont get any maintenance at all. I only work 17 hours per week so dont qualify for FIS. Get onto the website and print the FIS application form - you dont need to go near the CWO to do that.


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    Feebs10
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭Feebs10


    Hi Dovies. Thanks for that. I applied for FIS and was told I wasn't working enough hours.... Do you know can I appeal my rent allowance?
    They really don't make it easy!!!:confused:


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    stargazer 68
    Registered Users Posts: 5,103 ✭✭✭stargazer 68


    From the Fis page

    FIS is a tax-free weekly payment for employees:
    • Working 19 or more hours per week (or 38 or more hours per fortnight).
    Which is why I dont qualify but you can appeal that decision. With regard to the rent allowance - that is calculated by the SWO so Im not sure


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    Feebs10
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭Feebs10


    Ok thanks.


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    cee_jay
    Registered Users Posts: 7,920 ✭✭✭cee_jay


    Rent allowance is means tested, and varies depending on the location. So what one person on here gets will be different to someone else. You can appeal a rent allowance decision however, it should be within 21 days of the decision I think.
    Information is here: http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/ysys/Appeals/Appeals_Process/


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