Carer’s Benefit is a taxable payment available to workers (with sufficient PRSI and/or National Insurance contributions ) who may need to leave work or reduce their hours to care for a person or people in need of full-time care. It can be paid for a period of 2 years (104 weeks) for each person being Read more >

Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is a monthly payment for a child aged under 16 with a severe disability. It is not means-tested, so you may qualify for it regardless of your income. It is not based on the type of disability your child has. Instead, it is based on their level of physical or mental Read more >

Social security coordination rules protect the rights of citizens should they move between the jurisdictions for work.  The rules establish which jurisdiction is responsible for the person; where they’ll pay compulsory social insurance contributions and where they’ll claim contribution based benefits.  They will only contribute to one system at a time. The jurisdiction responsible for Read more >

Gaps in Social Insurance Records can negatively impact State Pension entitlement. Paying voluntary contributions can boost entitlement. UK/NI Paying voluntary NICs enables workers to fill any gaps in their National Insurance (NI) record to boost their UK State Pension entitlement. Individuals can usually only fill gaps in their NI record for the past 6 years. Read more >

Social security coordination rules protect the rights of citizens should they move between the jurisdictions for work. The jurisdiction responsible for a person, often called the Competent State, is usually the place where they are employed or self-employed. As workers they will pay social insurance contributions (e.g. PRSI or National Insurance Contributions) in the Competent Read more >

Social security coordination rules protect the rights of citizens should they move between the jurisdictions for work. The rules can also affect social security claims of their dependents e.g. children or partners (who do not work or pay social insurance contributions of their own). The jurisdiction responsible for their social security payments, also called the Read more >

Social security coordination rules protect the rights of citizens should they move between the jurisdictions for work. The jurisdiction responsible for a person, often called the Competent State, is usually the place where they are employed or self-employed.  As workers they will pay social insurance contributions (e.g. PRSI or National Insurance Contributions) in the Competent Read more >

The client and her husband both work in the South (ROI) and live in the North (NI) with their three-year-old child who has recently received an ASD diagnosis. They receive Child Benefit from ROI based on their cross-border employment and they have been advised to apply for Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) from ROI. Under EU Read more >

A client got in touch as she had received forms from the UK International Pension Centre (IPC) and was unsure what these pertained to. Her husband passed away a year ago and both her children are still in full-time non-advanced education. They live in the Republic of Ireland (ROI)and the client has always been self-employed Read more >

Cross-border family benefits: Mum Lives North, Works North Dad Lives South, Works South A new parent living and working in Northern Ireland recently claimed UK Child Benefit for her baby. Her partner lives and works just across the border (a short distance away). They understood that due to her partner’s Irish employment they were entitled Read more >