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Nearly one thousand parents were paid over half a million euro in Covid temporary benefits
By the end of this week nearly one thousand parents of children under the age of 16 and children with severe disabilities would have been paid the Covid temporary benefit due to school closures....
Benefits have now been extended to the parents of persons with disabilities 16 years old and over, who are unable to go to work due to school closures and the closures of other services
Further to talks between the Ministry for Social Justice and Solidarity, the Family and Children’s Rights, the Ministry for Inclusion and Social Wellbeing and the Commission for the Rights of...
The benefit for parents affected by the closure of schools will be paid once again
The Ministry for Social Justice and Solidarity, the Family and Children’s Rights is re-introducing a scheme aimed at paying a benefit to those parents whose children are under the age of 16 and...
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...
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