Travel Plans and Covid 19
The Government advises against all non-essential travel abroad (including to Great Britain but not Northern Ireland), apart from travel to countries on the ‘COVID-19 green
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Mortgage Interest Supplement
Mortgage Interest Supplement (MIS) provides short-term support to help you pay your mortgage interest repayments. Since 1 January 2014, the Mortgage Interest Supplement scheme has
Optometric and Ophthalmic Services
Optometric or ophthalmology services provided through the public health service are provided free of charge to certain people by optometrists, dispensing opticians and ophtalmologists. While
GP Services to Medical Card Holders
General Practitioners (GPs) provide services to medical card holders free of charge. GPs in the General Medical Services (GMS) Scheme enter into contracts with the
Prescribed Drugs and Medicines
If you are ordinarily resident, you are entitled to either free or subsidised approved prescribed drugs and medicines and certain medical and surgical aids and appliances.
Claiming for an Adult Dependant
If you qualify for a social welfare payment you get an amount for yourself, which is called the ‘personal rate of payment’. You may also
Disability Payments and Work
If you are getting certain disability payments you may be allowed to work or attend training. People getting Illness Benefit and Invalidity Pension cannot work
COVID-19 Enhanced Illness Benefit
If a worker is told to self-isolate or diagnosed with COVID-19, they can apply for a COVID-19 enhanced Illness Benefit payment of €350 per week. Both employees
Social Welfare Payments and the Student Grant
If you are returning to education and have been getting a social welfare payment you may qualify for the Back to Education Allowance or the
HomeCaring Periods Scheme
The HomeCaring Periods Scheme makes it easier for people who take time out of their working life to care for children or adults to qualify
