Disability Child Allowance

Overview

Children with a disability (Mental or Physical) may be eligible for this allowance, in addition to Children’s Allowance and is valid until the child/children turn sixteen (16) years, or fourteen (14) years of age in case of visual impairment.

What you’ll get

The payments for this allowance are issued every thirteen (13) weeks in advance.

Please click here for a Schedule of Benefits Rates.

Eligibility

• Applicants must hold a Maltese citizenship or married to a citizen of Malta or of a Member State of the European Union, or of a member country of the European Social Charter or has a refugee status and ordinarily resides in Malta or Gozo. The person applying for the benefit must have the care and custody of the concerned child.
• In case of EU Nationals where:
  • One of the parents is legally employed in Malta and the other parent is living and is unemployed in a foreign country, then the Department of Social Security is bound to pay a Disabled Children’s Allowance.
  • One of the parents is legally employed in Malta and the other parent is living and is on unpaid leave in a foreign country, then the Department of Social Security is bound to pay a Disabled Children’s Allowance.
  • One of the parents is legally employed in Malta and the other parent is living and is employed in a foreign country, then that foreign country is bound to pay a Disabled Children’s Allowance if the child is living with the parent in the foreign country. If the child is living with the parent being employed in Malta, then the Department of Social Security will be pay the Disabled Children’s Allowance, even though the other parent is employed abroad.
• In case of Third Country Nationals where:
  • Claimants and children are both living in Malta.
  • Both parents have valid residential permits.
  • One or both parents is/are in employment for at least the past six (6)
• A Disability Child Allowance may be awarded to claimants working on board Maltese Registered Vessels, under the same working conditions that apply to EU nationals.
• In cases of visual impairment, this allowance is paid until the child reaches fourteen (14) years of age when the allowance is converted to Assistance for the Visually Impaired. Whilst for other conditions may be converted to Disability Assistances at the age of sixteen (16)

Application Process:

• The parents/guardians of the child should visit their Treating Specialist/ Paediatrician/ Medical Practitioner upon diagnosis of the medical condition who fills in the online application form. This form is to be filled in by a Treating Specialist/ Paediatrician/ Medical Practitioner only.
• The application is vetted at the back office and is referred to the Inter-Professional Board if deemed eligible from an administrative point of view.
• An Appointment is scheduled and the child together with their parents/ legal guardians are examined by the Interprofessional Board.
• The application is then referred for working based on the decision of the Inter-Professional Board.

Fill in and submit the application online.