Increase for Qualified Adult - FIS&JSA question

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yellow76

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I receive 106.40 per week JSA
My Husband earns 450 (net) per week works full time

So our income is 556.40 per week.

According to what I've read my husband may be entitled to FIS (we've 2 kids so under limit of 602euro)

I'm confused about the increase for qualified adult.

Can anyone shine any light on this? Would I lose some of my JSA if we were to receive FIS? Would it be worth applying for?
 
Thank you for your reply an Dúin.

I'm sorry, but I miscalculated weekly pay. The correct figures are:

Dh weekly pay is 486 (2106 per month)
My JSA 106.40


So 486 + 106.40 = 592.40 per week.

It still comes under the limit of €602.

Do you think we still might be eligible? Would my JSA be affected in this instance?
 
as your family income is under the 602euro required you are entitled to claim fis,you will receive 20 euro per week as it is the minimum payment.
 
Thanks but I thought I read somewhere that my increase for qualified adult would be affected??

Apologies for being so unclear, I'm not even sure what increase for qualified adult is..
 
that is your jsa payment,contact citizen info and they will explain all in 5 minutes
 
Who is a qualified adult?

A qualified adult is someone you are married to or living with as husband and wife and who you are wholly or mainly maintaining.​
If your spouse or partner is earning €100.00 per week or less you will get a full increase for a qualified adult. If their earnings are between €100.01 and €310.00 gross per week, you will receive a reduced rate of the increase for a qualified adult.​
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http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Publicatio...tsforaqualifiedadultandqualifiedchildren.aspx


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Thank you for replies. From what I read there, given my husbands wages (over 310euro) I shouldn't be getting increase for QA, but it looks to me like I am? How can I check this?

Have I got this all wrong?
 
I've read all of this and am still confused:eek:

Because I'm claiming Jobseekers benefit, and its means tested, does that mean I automatically can claim for qualified adult, even though my husband earns more than the 310euro a week?
 
yellow76 said:
I receive 106.40 per week JSA
My Husband earns 450 (net) per week works full time

So our income is 556.40 per week.

According to what I've read my husband may be entitled to FIS (we've 2 kids so under limit of 602euro)

I'm confused about the increase for qualified adult.

Can anyone shine any light on this? Would I lose some of my JSA if we were to receive FIS? Would it be worth applying for?
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Forget about Qualified Adult for your husband, he is not dependent on you.

FIS is the way to go. Applying for FIS will not reduce your JSA but is designed to give you more if your entitled to it.
 
That's right. he's not dependant on me. He earns more than 310euro a week so why is my JSA calculated, giving me an increase for him?

Personal allowance 188
Increase for q.a. 124.80
increase for q.c x2 59.60 = 372.40 - 266 (Our means) = 106.40 my jsa.

Is this correct? From what I'm reading I may not be entitled to claim increase for q.a ( I didn't claim for him on the form, but this is what has come back from s.w)
 
You're on Jobseeker's Allowance, not Jobseeker's Benefit. The €310 earnings limit for QA increases applies to Jobseeker's Benefit only - i.e. if you were in receipt of Jobseeker's Benefit, you would not be entitled to a qualified adult increase due to your other half's earnings.

The method of calculating entitlement for Jobseekers Allowance is different:

Means from employment are deducted from the full family rate (including QA and QC - child increases) to determine the rate of payment.

More information can be found here:
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/e...e_payments/work_and_jobseekers_allowance.html
 
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