Social welfare payments and work

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.

Information on how work or training 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.

You may be able to work and get Jobseeker's Benefit. This document 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.

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.

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.

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.