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Simplification measure related to persons with severe disabilities
Around 90% of those persons with severe disabilities will not have to re-appear before a medical board when they turn 16 years of age. This is another simplification measure aimed at persons with...
Assistance for parents of persons with severe disabilities
Parents who are unable to work to care for a child with a disability, over the age of 16, will be receiving a payment of €300 once a year. Eligible parents are those who are not working and...
The Government is to assist those persons who were going to have a reduction in their pension
The Government amended the Social Security Act for persons born between 1 January 1956 and 31 December 1961, with the aim to ameliorate the negative effects that came along with the Covid-19...
Issuing of the 6 Monthly letters to all Pension groups
The Department of Social Security will be issuing the 6 Monthly letters to all Pension groups which will include the FS3 amount for the year 2020. The postage of these letters will be as follows:...
Social benefits will no longer be subject to garnishee orders
A process is currently underway to amend legislation; in that, no social benefits and social housing benefits will be subject to a garnishee order that a person may have issued on his assets. The...
Improved payments for another sector of pensioners
Around 44,500 pensioners will benefit from improved payments from another two social measures; the Senior Citizen Grant and the Bonus given to those persons who did not pay enough social...
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