Disability allowance and qualified child

Ladyinthedark

would anyone be able to tell me something about disability allowance and qualified child payment .

im on disability years now with my mental health and a back injury and just recently my daughter decided to repeat sixth year and I got the qualified child payment she’s 18 now .

how much should I be getting every week from now on I’m just confused lately

gipi

It says on this page that the full rate for a child over 12 is 50 euro pw, half rate is 25 euro pw.

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social-welfare/social-welfare-payments/disability-and-illness/disability-allowance/#e7c6e8

Cherry Blossom

Disability allowance for a single person with no means is €220 currently. From 1st of January 2024 it’s going up to €232.

TooTired123

If you have savings of less then €50000, and you’re not living with your partner , and you have no other income, and you don’t owe any money to SW, and your rent isn’t coming out of your SW before you get it, then you should be getting €220+€50 for your daughter +€33 fuel allowance.

€303.

Cherry Blossom

Yes sorry plus €50 for qualified child, that’s going up to €54 on 1st January

Ladyinthedark

Is the disability going up depending on criteria ?

Cherry Blossom

It’s going up for everyone as was announced in the budget.

TooTired123

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121450612#Comment_121450612

What do you mean “on criteria”? What criteria are you referring to??

In January everyone on a core SW payment is getting an increase of €12 for themselves and €4 per dependent child.

Dempo1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121450761#Comment_121450761

I presume referring to the Chatter about a proposed change in assessing Level of Disability, of course it's only a discussion 😏

TooTired123

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121451658#Comment_121451658

Not even a discussion at this stage Dempo.

A proposed discussion.

Hysterical hyperbole online and a deliberate attempt to disrupt any discussion about how genuinely disabled, sick and injured people might be separated from the chancers who’ve managed to manipulate themselves into a payment has resulted in vulnerable people being afraid that their payment is going to be reduced in the next few weeks.

Very frustrating.

Dempo1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121451914#Comment_121451914

Indeed 👌