Entitlements & Benefits
Invalidity Pension
Paid by: The Department of Social Community and Family Affairs.
To Qualify: You may get this if you have been receiving Disability Benefit for at least twelve months or sending in certificates for credits for at least a year and will continue to be incapable of work for at least a further twelve months. It may be possible to go straight onto Invalidity Pension if the illness is of such a nature that you are unlikely to be able to work for the rest of your life.
Budget 2011 reduced the basic personal rate to €193.50 weekly and €331.60 with a qualified adult (under 65) and all other rates were increased in line with main social welfare increases.
Conditions: You must have at least 260 contributions paid since entering insurance and at least 48 contributions paid or credited in the year before.
