From
operational guidelines for IB:
Application for permission to commence employment, education or training while in receipt of Illness Benefit.
It is open to any Illness Benefit claimant to apply for permission to commence employment, education or training while in receipt of Illness Benefit. However, the claimant has to be in receipt of Illness Benefit for at least 6 months. This is to allow the Department to have the applicant referred for a medical assessment which might help decide whether the person will benefit from such employment / education.
A person wishing to apply for such permission must:
a) make an application on the official Form
IB141
This form asks the person to give details of the proposed
employment/training course, the activities involved, how illness affected previous employment, how proposed work/training will improve the person's condition and enable him/her to resume usual type of work or begin new work, etc. The person is also requested to provide a letter from the employer giving the nature of the proposed employment and the number of hours to be worked. In the case of a training course, the person is asked to furnish a letter from the Training Organisation. (This requirement is not necessary in the case of applications made via FÁS - see below).
b) furnish a report from his/her GP on the official Form
IB141A
This form asks the doctor to furnish a confidential medical report on the person's medical condition, treatment, additional information and to indicate the degree to which the person's condition has affected his/her functional capacity.