Household Benifits Package

JEON50

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I have been recently awarded disability allowance and fuel allowance, Iam 50 years old, can I apply for the household benifits package
 
Here are the qualifying conditions for the Household Benefits Package.


You are under 66 and are receiving:
  • Invalidity Pension
  • Blind Pension
  • Incapacity Supplement or Workmen's Compensation with Disablement Pension (for at least 12 months)
  • Disability Allowance
  • An equivalent Social Security Pension/Benefit from a country covered by EU Regulations, or from a country with which Ireland has a Bilateral Social Security Agreement
and live alone or only with certain excepted persons.

Excepted persons are:
  • a qualified adult (your spouse/partner is considered a qualified adult if you are receiving an allowance for him/her with your payment or if he or she earns less than €310, including income from a social welfare payment)
  • dependent child(ren) under the age of 18 or under the age of 22 if in full-time education (a certificate from the school/college must be supplied for those aged 18 or over)
  • a person who is so incapacitated as to require constant care and attention for at least 12 months (medical certification may be required)
  • a person(s) who would qualify for the allowance in his/her own right (for example, a person getting an State Pension)
  • a person who is providing you or someone in your household with constant care and attention if you or that person is so incapacitated as to require constant care and attention for at least 12 months (medical certification may be required). People in employment for more than 15 hours per week or people getting Jobseeker's Benefit/Jobseeker's Allowance cannot be accepted as providing constant full-time care and attention.
 
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