Receiving Carers Allowance and Disability Allowance

bisset

Is it possible to receive Disability Allowance in respect of yourself if you are already receiving a Carer's Allowance?

js35

bisset wrote: »

Is it possible to receive Disability Allowance in respect of yourself if you are already receiving a Carer's Allowance?

Afaik no you won't be able to receive both as you would be seen as unfit to be a carer if you are on disability benefit

Balagan

You can get half-rate Carer's Allowance with the following weekly social welfare payments:
State Pension (Contributory) and State Pension (Contributory) Increase for a Qualified Adult
Deserted Wife's Benefit
Invalidity Pension and Invalidity Pension Increase for a Qualified Adult
Jobseeker's Benefit Increase for a Qualified Adult
Jobseeker's Allowance Increase for a Qualified Adult
Illness Benefit and Illness Benefit Increase for a Qualified Adult
Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's (Contributory) Pension
Injury Benefit and Injury Benefit Increase for a Qualified Adult
Death Benefit
Health and Safety Benefit
Partial Capacity Benefit
Maternity Benefit
Adoptive Benefit
State Pension (Non-Contributory) and State Pension (Non-Contributory) Increase for a Qualified Adult
Blind Pension and Blind Pension Increase for a Qualified Adult
Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's (Non-Contributory) Pension
One-Parent Family Payment
Pre-Retirement Allowance and Pre-Retirement Allowance Increase for a Qualified Adult Allowance
Disability Allowance and Disability Allowance Increase for a Qualified Adult
Incapacity Supplement and Incapacity Supplement Increase for a Qualified Adult
Farm Assist and Farm Assist Increase for a Qualified Adult
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/carers/half_rate_carers_allowance.html

You would need to check out that you meet all eligibility criteria for the above.

njs030

Strangely enough you can, it seems a bit odd as if you claim DA you can't work and the whole point of CA is you are doing the job of a carer! It's half rate not full rate.

bisset

Thanks for info.

Summer8181

My wife is on invalidity pension. Post op complications. I work full time 40k per year. Our son has ASD. Can my wife apply for Carers allowance? What are we entitled to and how will it effect my tax credits and standard cut off?

Thanks

splinter65

Summer8181 wrote: »

My wife is on invalidity pension. Post op complications. I work full time 40k per year. Our son has ASD. Can my wife apply for Carers allowance? What are we entitled to and how will it effect my tax credits and standard cut off?

Thanks

If your son is under 16 then your wife needs to apply for Domicilliary Care Allowance ( not taxable not means tested, €309.50 per month) for him first.
It’s quite hard to get. Read all about it on citizensinformation.ie
She can also apply for Carers allowance ( means tested and taxable) and because she’s already getting a SW payment the max she will get is €104.50 per week
The dept disregard €665 of your joint gross weekly income and if you have more then that you will get a reduced payment.
The tricky bit is proving that he needs full time care and attention.
Supply lots of evidence including a letter from your wife about how much extra care she is giving him.

Summer8181

Thank you. We have applied for DCA 2 weeks ago. Difficult experience. Is it best to wait for that result before we apply for carers? If you get DCA , do you automatically get carers or some part of carers. So much red tape.

js35

Summer8181 wrote: »

My wife is on invalidity pension. Post op complications. I work full time 40k per year. Our son has ASD. Can my wife apply for Carers allowance? What are we entitled to and how will it effect my tax credits and standard cut off?

Thanks

You will also get extra tax credits for your son (can be backdated for 4 years) just call the tax office and request for an incapacitated child tax credit application form this normally only takes about 3/4 weeks and you should receive a tax rebate

Summer8181

js35 wrote: »

You will also get extra tax credits for your son (can be backdated for 4 years) just call the tax office and request for an incapacitated child tax credit application form this normally only takes about 3/4 weeks and you should receive a tax rebate

Thanks. We received this last week. It is the Carers allowance that we need info on.

splinter65

Summer8181 wrote: »

Thanks. We received this last week. It is the Carers allowance that we need info on.

Fill up the Carers allowance form and send it off so they’ll have it.
Don’t forget that you DONT need to get his GP specialist to fill anything on it as DCA already have that info.
They do need all of your financial details though and evidence of same.
Just attach a note to it reminding them that your DCA application is pending.