Hi,
I was seriously ill with cancer since MAY 2010 but getting better and won't be able to work until 2012. I am on Illness Benefit €188 per week. My spouse had to take a year unpaid off work to care for me and is on Illness Benefit €188 per week and half rate Carer's Allowance €102 per week. She won't return to work until July. She may be able to do some part time work up to 20 hours a week with permission from the Department of Social Protection. As I am on the mend I don't need as much care as before so my wife has free time now. I want to know if she would just lose social welfare money by doing a day or two's work, ie does it make financial sense to work a day or two and maybe lose Carer's Allowance, or will earnings not impact on Carer's Allowance. We also have the household benefits package for the next few months until she goes back to her job and about €150 per month mortgage help from social protection. any advice appreciated, thanks.
I was seriously ill with cancer since MAY 2010 but getting better and won't be able to work until 2012. I am on Illness Benefit €188 per week. My spouse had to take a year unpaid off work to care for me and is on Illness Benefit €188 per week and half rate Carer's Allowance €102 per week. She won't return to work until July. She may be able to do some part time work up to 20 hours a week with permission from the Department of Social Protection. As I am on the mend I don't need as much care as before so my wife has free time now. I want to know if she would just lose social welfare money by doing a day or two's work, ie does it make financial sense to work a day or two and maybe lose Carer's Allowance, or will earnings not impact on Carer's Allowance. We also have the household benefits package for the next few months until she goes back to her job and about €150 per month mortgage help from social protection. any advice appreciated, thanks.