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Partial Capacity Benefit

Lets you return to work while keeping part of your Illness Benefit or Invalidity Pension. Your rate depends on a medical assessment of how restricted your capacity for work is.

Type
Based on PRSI
Paid
Every week
Taxable
Yes
Administered by
Department of Social Protection

How much is Partial Capacity Benefit?

€254/week

Profound restriction — 100% of your previous rate (from Illness Benefit)

Severe restriction — 75% (from Illness Benefit) €190.50/week
Moderate restriction — 50% (from Illness Benefit) €127/week

Increases you may also get

Profound — 100% (from Invalidity Pension, under 66) €259.50/week
Severe — 75% (from Invalidity Pension, under 66) €194.65/week
Moderate — 50% (from Invalidity Pension, under 66) €129.75/week

Rates shown assume you were on the maximum personal rate. Your actual payment is the stated percentage of your own previous rate.

Effective from Checked

Who can get Partial Capacity Benefit

  • You must be getting Illness Benefit for at least 6 months, or Invalidity Pension.
  • Your capacity for work must be assessed by a Department medical assessor as moderately, severely or profoundly restricted.
  • You must not have been assessed as only mildly restricted — that does not qualify.

Is Partial Capacity Benefit means tested?

Partial Capacity Benefit is not means-tested, and there is no restriction on how much you can earn.

Things people get caught by

  • There is no limit on your earnings and no restriction on hours — this is the key difference from working while on Illness Benefit, which is not generally allowed.
  • You keep any secondary benefits you already had, such as Free Travel.

What else you might get

Payments interact. These are the ones that commonly go with Partial Capacity Benefit.

How to apply The official form, what to include, and where to send it. Contact details Phone 043 334 0000, plus post and email.