As a co-habiting couple , you may be able to increase your net pay by claiming FIS , depending on your total income as a family .
Such in our system in Ireland , that as a taxable employee , you take home €1733 monthly , whereas , as a co-habiting couple on SW , you would take home €1485 monthly .
AND on SW , you qualify for extra benefits like , medical card , rent supplement / mortgage supplement , fuel allowance , back-to-school clothing allowance / school books grant .
In effect , you are working for less than € 200 per month .
But of course , job satisfaction is worth more than that .