If you are working, we assess your earnings from employment or self-employment as follows:
We ignore the first €146.50 of weekly earnings from employment and/or self-employment.
This is known as weekly disregard.
We assess half the remainder of your earnings as means, up to €425 a week.
Example
You are a qualified parent, with two qualified children (aged 12 and 15) and weekly earnings of €200.00, but no other income.
Gross weekly earnings: €200.00
Minus weekly disregard: €146.50
Remainder of earnings: €53.50
Divide by 2 = weekly means €26.75
In this example, you would get a total One-Parent Family Payment €227.60 (2011 Rates) a week (a personal rate of €168 and two increases for a qualified child, €29.80 each).
For more information, log on to 'www.welfare.ie'.
Note:
Anyone with a gross income of less than €425 (from employment and/or self-employment) is entitled to a disregard of superannuation contributions, social insurance contributions, pension levy and trade union subscriptions for the purposes of determining entitlement to One-Parent Family payment.
Note:
- If you are a new applicant with earnings of more than €425 a week, you will not qualify for One-Parent Family Payment.