Social welfare payments and work
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Information on how work or training can affect your disability payment and any extra benefits you are getting. -
If you are getting certain social welfare payments, there are supports to help you become self-employed. Find out about the Back to Work Enterprise Allowance scheme. -
You may be able to work and get Jobseeker's Benefit. This page explains how work affects your Jobseeker's Benefit. -
Tax and social welfare assistance is available for low income earners and their families. Information on available schemes and how to apply. -
The Part-Time Job Incentive (PTJI) Scheme allows certain long-term unemployed people to take up part-time work and get a special weekly allowance instead of their jobseeker’s payment. -
This scheme provides a weekly payment to certain people who have lost their job and want to start their own business. -
Information on how the Arts and Disability Connect fund can affect your disability payment and any extra benefits you are getting. -
Explains how your income from work and your spouse's income from work can affect your rate of Jobseeker's Allowance.This document is in: Means test for social welfare payments -
If your business has closed, or if you are self-employed but have less work and less income than before, you may qualify for a social welfare payment.This document is in: Payments for unemployed people -
If you want to keep your social welfare payment and do some voluntary work, you must follow the rules set down by the Department of Social Protection.This document is in: Social Welfare