Affordable Childcare Scheme The Childcare Support Act 2018 provides a statutory basis for the Affordable Childcare Scheme, which will replace a number of administrative schemes. The Affordable Childcare Scheme is intended to provide financial support for parents to help meet the cost of childcare. The Scheme makes childcare more affordable for parents through making payments to registered childcare service providers that must be used to […]
Back to Work Family Dividend The 2014 Act provided for the introduction of the Back to Work Family Dividend scheme to provide a financial incentive to jobseekers and recipients of One-Parent Family Payment who have children and who cease claiming their social welfare payment on account of that person or, where appropriate, that person’s spouse, civil partner or cohabitant, taking up employment, increasing hours of […]
Qualifying Adult Many Social Welfare Payments carry an addition/ increase in respect of a qualified adult (IQA). The adult addition applies with respect to most social welfare benefits. There are differences with respect to non-contributory old-age pension. This addition is not payable with all Social Welfare Payments, including particular widowers’ and loan parents’ payments. A qualified adult is generally a spouse (or a civil partner […]
Whom Liable For The social welfare legislation defines parties who are liable relatives for the purpose of maintenance in the above contexts. A man is liable to maintain the following: wife, former wife after the dissolution of marriage, civil partner, former civil partner after dissolution; A woman is liable to maintain husband, former husband after dissolution, civil partner, former civil partner. A person is liable […]
Former Family Income Supplement Family income supplement is payable weekly to families, including single-parent families who are at work but whose earnings are at levels below the threshold. It does not count as income for income tax or medical card assessment.The 2017 Act provided for the redesignation of the Family Income Supplement as the Working Family Payment with effect from 1 January 2018 Family income […]
Overview Persons in receipt of Social Welfare Payments are entitled to an increase in respect of a qualified child, separate from child benefit. The same broad conditions as apply to child benefit are applicable. Child increments are at a flat rate. A half rate increment applies where the spouse or partners is not a qualified adult of the claimant. The increments may be taxable. In […]
Maternity Benefits Maternity benefit is payable to employed and self-employed mothers who satisfy the requisite social insurance contributions. A doctor’s certificate is required to certify the expected date of delivery. Maternity benefit is 80% of the weekly earnings of the woman concerned, subject, however, to a maximum of [€280] or a minimum up to €221.80 or the illness benefit rates. The payment lasts for up […]
Categories Entitled One parent family payments and lone parent family payments are the modern form of the deserted wives benefits and allowances and certain survivors benefits. One parent family payment is payable to a widow, widower separated person, unmarried person spouse of a prisoner, not less than six months duration, surviving civil partner, party who is not living with a civil partner, The person must […]
General Child Benefit (formerly Children’s Allowance) is one of the few universal benefits under the Irish Social Welfare System. It is paid regardless of the means of the children and parents and regardless of social insurance contribution. The rate of payment is uniform but higher rate applies to third and subsequent children. Child Benefit is not taxable. Formerly, tax allowances were also granted on the […]
Overview The 2015 Act provides for the Back to Work Family Dividend scheme. The existing scheme for continued payments for qualified children was discontinued. The Scheme was intended to provide a financial incentive to jobseekers and recipients of One-Parent Family Payments who have children who cease claiming their social welfare payment on account of that person or the person’s spouse, civil partner, or cohabiting taking […]