What about people with disabilities?
Community welfare
There are a number of other social welfare payments for people who are sick or have a disability. To receive these, you must be certified as sick or disabled by a doctor. Below are details of the benefits that the Department of Social Welfare pays.
Disability Allowance
This is a means-tested weekly payment you receive if have a disability and are aged between 16 and 65 years.
Injury Benefit
This is one of the benefits available under the Occupational Injuries Benefit Scheme. It is a weekly payment you receive if you are unfit for work due to an accident at work, while traveling directly to or from work or an occupational disease.
The Medical Care Scheme
This allows you to get a refund of the costs of medical care and attention as a result of an injury caused by an accident at work or as a result of your work. You must have contracted a prescribed occupational disease.
You can receive Disablement Benefit if you suffer a loss of physical or mental faculty because of an accident at work, an accident traveling directly to or from work, or a prescribed disease contracted at work.
If you are not entitled to sick pay from work you may get Illness Benefit if you have enough (PRSI) social insurance contributions. If you do not have enough social insurance contributions, you should contact the Community Welfare Officer.
Invalidity Pension
This is a weekly payment for people covered by social insurance who cannot work because of a long-term illness or disability. You can get more information, an application form and other details from your local Social Welfare Office or Citizens Information Centre. You can also log on to www.citizensinformation.ie or www.welfare.ie. There is an information booklet available from your CIC.
The Blind Pension
This is a means tested payment you can receive if you are blind and visually impaired and normally living in Ireland.
For more information: Contact your local Social Welfare Office or phone the Department of Social and Family Affairs LoCall leaflet request line at 1890 202 325.
Community welfare
There are a number of other social welfare payments for people who are sick or have a disability. To receive these, you must be certified as sick or disabled by a doctor. Below are details of the benefits that the Department of Social Welfare pays.
Disability Allowance
This is a means-tested weekly payment you receive if have a disability and are aged between 16 and 65 years.
Injury Benefit
This is one of the benefits available under the Occupational Injuries Benefit Scheme. It is a weekly payment you receive if you are unfit for work due to an accident at work, while traveling directly to or from work or an occupational disease.
The Medical Care Scheme
This allows you to get a refund of the costs of medical care and attention as a result of an injury caused by an accident at work or as a result of your work. You must have contracted a prescribed occupational disease.
You can receive Disablement Benefit if you suffer a loss of physical or mental faculty because of an accident at work, an accident traveling directly to or from work, or a prescribed disease contracted at work.
If you are not entitled to sick pay from work you may get Illness Benefit if you have enough (PRSI) social insurance contributions. If you do not have enough social insurance contributions, you should contact the Community Welfare Officer.
Invalidity Pension
This is a weekly payment for people covered by social insurance who cannot work because of a long-term illness or disability. You can get more information, an application form and other details from your local Social Welfare Office or Citizens Information Centre. You can also log on to www.citizensinformation.ie or www.welfare.ie. There is an information booklet available from your CIC.
The Blind Pension
This is a means tested payment you can receive if you are blind and visually impaired and normally living in Ireland.
For more information: Contact your local Social Welfare Office or phone the Department of Social and Family Affairs LoCall leaflet request line at 1890 202 325.