Disability allowance and capital

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tara54

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Two people on Disability allowance and one has now inherited €90000.
Will the 50,000 allowance for saving be applied for both? As in 50,000 each.
Cannot get any clarity on welfare or citizens advice websites, clear as mud.
Any info or experience of this would be greatly appreciated thanks
 
tara54 said:
Cohabitation
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In that case (i.e. not a marriage or civil partnership) it would seem logical to me that the recipient of the €90K is the sole beneficial owner of that money so it is only relevant to their claim and not their cohabiting partner's. They could gift some of it to their partner but that might also give rise to gift tax implications.

Maybe @S class will be able to clarify as their posts on SW issues are always very well informed.
 
Ok, seems that I was wrong above...

Assessing the means of a couple for social assistance payments

Describes how the means of a couple are assessed for social assistance (means-tested payments).
www.citizensinformation.ie www.citizensinformation.ie
If you are married, in a civil partnership or cohabiting the Department of Social Protection (DSP) will assess both of your means when carrying out a means test for a social assistance payment. This is the case even if only one of you is actually claiming a payment.

For some social assistance payments, the DSP adds all of your means together and then halves them to get the assessable means for each one of you. For others, the DSP adds all your means together and then assesses them against the maximum household payment for your circumstances.
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For Jobseeker's Allowance, Disability Allowance or Farm Assist your means are assessed against the maximum household payment for your circumstances. Your spouse, civil partner or cohabitant and any dependent children you may have, are included to find the maximum household payment. Even if your spouse, civil partner or cohabitant is not dependent on you and has income in his or her own right, any assessable income they may have is subtracted from the maximum weekly rate of payment for your circumstances.
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