Supplementary Allowance – Not Responsible for Household

Overview

A Supplementary Allowance may be awarded to an employed, single person with low income, is currently not in receipt of a Children’s Allowance and also not responsible for the family that he/she lives with. This allowance is intended to help a person bridge his/her income requirements.

What you’ll get

The payments for this allowance are issued every thirteen (13) weeks in advance.

Please click here for a Schedule of Benefits Rates.

Eligibility

General eligibility criteria:

A single person who is not responsible for the family that he / she lives with, is living with his/her parents, whilst being in gainful employment.

The total reckonable income shall not exceed twelve-thousand and four-hundred and ninty-three euro (€12,493).

The income ceiling is based on income and emoluments of relevant year (backdated by two (2) years from the date of entitlement); foreign pension income for year of assessment of the previous year of application and local pension income for current year of application.

Documentation required

General documentation:

If applicant is employed, the FS3 of the relevant year for each employment, being full-time and/or part-time, duly signed by the employer/s.

If applicant is a self-occupied, a ‘Profit and Loss Account’, including receipts of social security contributions paid, for the relevant year.

In the case of directors / company’s majority shareholders, the ‘Final Audited Accounts’, including receipts of national insurance contributions paid of the relevant year.