Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 section 161A

Entitlement to pension

Section 161A sets out the eligibility conditions for claiming blind pension.

• The claimant must be aged between 18 and pensionable age, be unable to work solely because of blindness, and would otherwise be available for insurable employment or self-employment.
• The blindness must be the direct and only reason the person cannot perform work requiring eyesight or continue in their usual occupation.
• The claimant's means, calculated under Schedule 3 Part 5, must not exceed the maximum threshold set out in section 161B.
• The claimant must be habitually resident in the State at the date of application.