- Rule version
- transitional-blind-2026.1
- Effective from
- 1 January 2026
- Source checked
- 9 September 2026
- Independent review
- Pending
Known limit: Straightforward ordinary-employment and personal-rate cases only. Medical evidence, qualified adults, maintenance, rental income, self-employment and unusual means require an official assessment.
How the figure is produced: Apply each payment’s 2026 employment disregard and capital formula, then reduce the supported personal or child-inclusive maximum rate by rounded weekly means.
Boundary evidence: JST child ages 7/13/14, €165 earnings disregard, capital bands; Blind Pension ages 18/65/66 and earnings at €165/€375.
Final decision: Department, local authority or authorised deciding body
- Rule version
- wfp-2026.1
- Effective from
- 1 January 2026
- Source checked
- 10 September 2026
- Independent review
- Pending
Known limit: Estimates WFP only. It does not calculate tax, childcare, housing costs or interactions with other payments.
How the figure is produced: Select the household-size income limit, subtract assessable weekly family income, then apply the statutory 60% rate.
Boundary evidence: Household-size limits, minimum hours, minimum payment and income immediately below/at/above the threshold.
Final decision: Department, local authority or authorised deciding body
- Rule version
- ca-2026.2
- Effective from
- 1 July 2026
- Source checked
- 8 September 2026
- Independent review
- Pending
Known limit: Complex means, care evidence and medical or residence decisions require an official assessment.
How the figure is produced: Apply the current earnings disregard and capital formula to household means, then reduce the age-based maximum rate.
Boundary evidence: Age rate, earnings disregard, capital bands, zero means and means exceeding the maximum rate.
Final decision: Department, local authority or authorised deciding body
- Rule version
- carers-benefit-2026.2
- Effective from
- 1 July 2026
- Source checked
- 9 September 2026
- Independent review
- Pending
Known limit: The user must confirm the Department’s PRSI and full-time-care decisions; Child Support Payments, tax and overlapping payments are not calculated.
How the figure is produced: Use the confirmed full-time-care and PRSI route, number of people cared for and the current fixed weekly rate.
Boundary evidence: PRSI and care confirmation, one/two care recipients and statutory duration.
Final decision: Department, local authority or authorised deciding body
- Rule version
- fa-2026.1
- Effective from
- 1 January 2026
- Source checked
- 8 September 2026
- Independent review
- Pending
Known limit: Farm accounts, allowable expenses, stock changes and unusual income must be checked by the Department.
How the figure is produced: Assess farm and other household means under the published disregards, then reduce the maximum personal rate.
Boundary evidence: Farm-income percentage, disregards, capital bands, couple means and zero/max reductions.
Final decision: Department, local authority or authorised deciding body
- Rule version
- spnc-2026.1
- Effective from
- 2 January 2026
- Source checked
- 8 September 2026
- Independent review
- Pending
Known limit: Property, transferred assets, maintenance and complex couple means need an official assessment.
How the figure is produced: Combine assessable income and capital means, apply the couple division where relevant and select the statutory means band.
Boundary evidence: Age 66/80, capital bands, couple division and rate-band edges.
Final decision: Department, local authority or authorised deciding body
- Rule version
- ofp-2026.1
- Effective from
- 1 January 2026
- Source checked
- 8 September 2026
- Independent review
- Pending
Known limit: Family circumstances, maintenance evidence and age exceptions still require an official decision.
How the figure is produced: Apply earnings and capital disregards to weekly means, then reduce the maximum personal rate subject to family-condition gates.
Boundary evidence: Child-age gates, earnings disregard, capital bands and maximum-rate exhaustion.
Final decision: Department, local authority or authorised deciding body
- Rule version
- fuel-2026.1
- Effective from
- 1 January 2026
- Source checked
- 8 September 2026
- Independent review
- Pending
Known limit: Special household arrangements and income disregards are not guessed.
How the figure is produced: Compare weekly household means with the applicable income threshold after confirmed qualifying-payment and household checks.
Boundary evidence: Income at either side of the threshold and qualifying household/payment gates.
Final decision: Department, local authority or authorised deciding body
- Rule version
- swa-2026.1
- Effective from
- 1 January 2026
- Source checked
- 10 September 2026
- Independent review
- Pending
Known limit: Interim recovery, residence and complex means are decided by Community Welfare Services.
How the figure is produced: Subtract assessable household means from the age-based basic weekly rate after the Community Welfare eligibility gates.
Boundary evidence: Under-25 exceptions, age-25 boundary, means reductions and maximum-rate floor.
Final decision: Department, local authority or authorised deciding body
- Rule version
- ja-2026.1
- Effective from
- 1 January 2026
- Source checked
- 10 September 2026
- Independent review
- Pending
Known limit: The estimate is for a single person without dependants and does not replace availability or means decisions.
How the figure is produced: Apply earnings and capital means rules to the relevant age rate after work-availability gates.
Boundary evidence: Age 25 boundary, earnings/capital disregards and availability gates.
Final decision: Department, local authority or authorised deciding body
- Rule version
- jobseekers-benefit-2026.1
- Effective from
- 1 January 2026
- Source checked
- 9 September 2026
- Independent review
- Pending
Known limit: The Department must confirm the payment route and PRSI record. Previous claims and dependant additions are not included.
How the figure is produced: Choose the confirmed legacy or pay-related route, then apply earnings bands, contribution duration and phased percentage caps.
Boundary evidence: Earnings bands, 104/260 contribution edges, 26/39-week durations and each pay-related phase cap.
Final decision: Department, local authority or authorised deciding body
- Rule version
- pensions-bereavement-2026.1
- Effective from
- 1 January 2026
- Source checked
- 9 September 2026
- Independent review
- Pending
Known limit: The Department must confirm PRSI, contribution bands, relationship status and means. Reduced State Pension rates are not guessed.
How the figure is produced: Use only the contribution band or maximum rate confirmed by the Department, then apply age and confirmed dependant additions.
Boundary evidence: Ages 66/80, every bereaved contribution band, unknown-band refusal and education-to-age-22 guardian rule.
Final decision: Department, local authority or authorised deciding body
- Rule version
- partial-capacity-benefit-2026.1
- Effective from
- 1 January 2026
- Source checked
- 9 September 2026
- Independent review
- Pending
Known limit: The Department must confirm the medical capacity level and approve the claim before work starts.
How the figure is produced: Cross the confirmed medical-capacity level with the previous Illness Benefit or Invalidity Pension route.
Boundary evidence: Mild/moderate/severe/profound levels, both prior-payment routes and the six-month Illness Benefit edge.
Final decision: Department, local authority or authorised deciding body
- Rule version
- secondary-contributory-2026.1
- Effective from
- 1 January 2026
- Source checked
- 9 September 2026
- Independent review
- Pending
Known limit: PRSI and dependant additions require Department confirmation. Treatment Benefit is presented as provider allowances, not a cash entitlement.
How the figure is produced: Apply the fixed age-65 rate or the Health and Safety Benefit relevant-year earnings band; list Treatment Benefit provider allowances separately.
Boundary evidence: Exact age-65 window, child half/full rates, and Health and Safety earnings edges at €32/€150/€220/€300.
Final decision: Department, local authority or authorised deciding body
- Rule version
- occupational-injuries-2026.1
- Effective from
- 1 January 2026
- Source checked
- 9 September 2026
- Independent review
- Pending
Known limit: Department decisions on occupational cause, insurance and medical disablement are required. A 15–19% gratuity is not automatically calculated.
How the figure is produced: Apply confirmed occupational-insurance gates, medical percentage rounding and the relevant injury, disablement or death rate.
Boundary evidence: Six-week claim gate, 15/20% disablement edges, percentage rounding, Class B half rate and all death-payment types.
Final decision: Department, local authority or authorised deciding body
- Rule version
- hse-cards-2026.1
- Effective from
- 1 April 2026
- Source checked
- 9 September 2026
- Independent review
- Pending
Known limit: The HSE makes the final decision and may alter allowable expenses or use discretion after reviewing documentary and medical evidence.
How the figure is produced: Add the age and household basic rate, dependant amounts and allowable expenses, then compare net income plus assessed capital; use the separate over-70 gross route.
Boundary evidence: Ages 8/66/70, every household base rate, first-two/later dependant rates, capital bands, automatic routes and exact income-limit edges.
Final decision: Department, local authority or authorised deciding body
- Rule version
- da-2026.1
- Effective from
- 1 January 2026
- Source checked
- 8 September 2026
- Independent review
- Pending
Known limit: Medical eligibility, residence and non-standard household means require an official decision.
How the figure is produced: Apply employment and capital disregards to weekly means, then reduce the maximum rate after medical and residence gates.
Boundary evidence: Age and medical gates, employment disregard, capital bands and rate floor.
Final decision: Department, local authority or authorised deciding body
- Rule version
- illness-supports-2026.1
- Effective from
- 1 January 2026
- Source checked
- 8 September 2026
- Independent review
- Pending
Known limit: Rates are indicative; medical certification, the relevant contribution year and PRSI record determine entitlement.
How the figure is produced: Select the relevant-year earnings band for Illness Benefit or test the published duration and PRSI gates for Invalidity Pension.
Boundary evidence: All earnings-band edges plus Invalidity Pension duration and PRSI conditions.
Final decision: Department, local authority or authorised deciding body
- Rule version
- family-supports-2026.1
- Effective from
- 1 January 2026
- Source checked
- 8 September 2026
- Independent review
- Pending
Known limit: Child Benefit is estimated separately; back-to-school support remains subject to payment, residence and income checks.
How the figure is produced: Count ordinary and multiple-birth Child Benefit rates separately, then test back-to-school household income against family-size limits.
Boundary evidence: Ordinary/twin/higher-multiple rates, child age groups and family-size income limits.
Final decision: Department, local authority or authorised deciding body
- Rule version
- family-leave-benefits-2026.1
- Effective from
- 5 January 2026
- Source checked
- 9 September 2026
- Independent review
- Pending
Known limit: The user must first confirm approved leave and the Department’s PRSI decision; overlapping payments and higher Illness Benefit comparisons need official review.
How the figure is produced: Use the chosen statutory leave scheme’s fixed weekly rate and duration after confirmed leave, employment and PRSI gates.
Boundary evidence: All four schemes, PRSI/leave gates, statutory durations and fixed rates.
Final decision: Department, local authority or authorised deciding body
- Rule version
- guided-2026.1
- Effective from
- 1 January 2026
- Source checked
- 8 September 2026
- Independent review
- Pending
Known limit: No euro result: county rent limits, household means, tenancy circumstances and officer discretion require assessment.
How the figure is produced: Guided eligibility and evidence check only; county rent limits and officer assessment prevent a safe universal euro result.
Boundary evidence: Unsupported euro-result guard and required tenancy, housing-need and evidence routes.
Final decision: Department, local authority or authorised deciding body
- Rule version
- guided-2026.1
- Effective from
- 1 January 2026
- Source checked
- 8 September 2026
- Independent review
- Pending
Known limit: No fixed income cut-off or euro result; Community Welfare Services considers the full household and expense.
How the figure is produced: Guided urgency, household and expense-evidence check only because the scheme has no fixed universal income cut-off.
Boundary evidence: Unsupported euro-result guard, urgent-need route and non-fixed-threshold explanation.
Final decision: Department, local authority or authorised deciding body
