Brian Walsh (Galway West, Independent)
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394. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person is eligible for carer’s allowance in the circumstances that they do not live with the child to whom they are providing care and that child is living with its parents; and whether the applicant would lose eligibility for one-parent family allowance or jobseeker’s allowance in the event that they were approved for carer’s allowance. [9224/14]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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A carer must be living with the person he or she is looking after, or be in a position to provide full time care and attention to a person who is not living with him/her. They must also be providing care on a full time basis. In the case of caring for a child under 16 the child must be in receipt of Domiciliary Care Allowance.

A person can qualify for half rate Carers’ Allowance while in receipt of a One Parent Family payment subject to meeting the other conditions attached to the scheme.

A person cannot get Jobseeker's Benefit (JB) or Jobseeker’s Allowance (JA) and Carer’s Allowance or half-rate Carer's Allowance because they must be actively seeking employment and be available to take up employment to qualify for JA and JB. However, they may qualify for half-rate Carer's Allowance if their spouse, civil partner or cohabitant is getting JA or JB and claiming for them as a .