Supplementary Welfare Allowance
If you do not have enough PRSI contributions for Illness Benefit
and your income is too low to meet your needs, you may qualify
for Supplementary Welfare Allowance. For more information, log
on to www.welfare.ie. or contact your local Community Welfare
Officer.
Disability Allowance
You may get this payment if you have a disability that is expected
to last for at least one year, you are aged between 16 to 66, you
satisfy a means test and are habitually resident in the State.
For more information, log on to www.welfare.ie.
Occupational Injury Benefit
You may get this if you are ill due to an accident at work or have a
prescribed occupational disease. For more information, log on to
www.welfare.ie.
Disablement Benefit
You may get this if you suffer a loss of physical or mental faculty
because of an occupational injury or a prescribed occupational
disease. For more information, log on to www.welfare.ie.
Invalidity Pension
You may get this if you are ill and unfit for work and are likely to
be permanently incapable of work. For more information, log on to
www.welfare.ie.