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Disability Allowance is a weekly payment for people with a disability.
You must be aged between 16 and 66.
You can get it even if you are still at school.
Your disability must have lasted, or be expected to last, at least one year.
It must make it much harder to work in a job that would suit your age and experience.
Your income is checked. This is called a means test.
If you live with a parent, their income does not count.
In 2026 it is up to €254 a week.
You can earn up to €165 a week from work and your payment is not affected.
You can apply online on MyWelfare, or by post on a paper form.
Your doctor must fill in a medical report called DAMED1.
Without the medical report, your claim cannot be fully checked.
The Disability Allowance Section's phone number is 0818 927 770.
If you think you were wrongly refused, you can appeal.
Every sentence on this page is checked against the official page every night: www.citizensinformation.ie, www.gov.ie.