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Section 11 - Supplementary Welfare Allowance This section describes the payments under Supplementary Welfare Allowances scheme. It covers: - Rent and Mortgage Interest Supplements, - Special needs supplements, - Exceptional needs payments, - Urgent needs payments, and - Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance. Return to Main Table of Contents 11.1 Supplementary Welfare Allowance Supplementary Welfare Allowance is run by the Health Service Executive through Community Welfare Officers at local offices of the Health Service Executive. Basic Supplementary Welfare Allowance Basic Supplementary Welfare Allowance is a weekly allowance paid to people who do not have enough means to meet their needs and those of their qualified adult or any qualified children. How do I qualify? You will normally qualify for Supplementary Welfare Allowance if you: - satisfy a means test, - have applied for certain other social welfare payments, - have registered for work with F�S if you are of working age, and - are habitually resident in the State You will not normally qualify for Supplementary Welfare Allowance if you are: - working full-time, that is, 30 hours or more a week, - in full-time education, or - involved in a trade dispute. However, you may still claim Supplementary Welfare Allowance for a qualified adult or any qualified children. Means Test A means test is away of checking if you have enough means to support yourself and what amount of payment, if any, you may qualify for. Your means include: - all cash income, including most social welfare and Health Service Executive (HSE) payments, except Child Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance and Blind Welfare Allowance - Investments, savings or property (except your own home), and - the value of any benefit or privilege for under 25's, for example, free board and lodging. If you are married or living with a partner as husband and wife, your incomes are added together for the means test. How Investments and Savings are Assessed For Supplementary Welfare Allowance, means will be assessed on a weekly basis as follows: - disregard the first �5,000 of capital value of property/savings - assess next �10,000 at �1 per �1,000 - assess next �25,000 at �2 per �1,000 - assess remaining capital over �40,000 at �4 per �1,000 Where an applicant and spouse or partner have seperate properties or savings, then the combined value of both parties should be taken into account. Any income paid as a Respite Care Grant will be disregarded as means for the Supplementary Welfare Allowance Scheme. Any income paid by way of Guardian�s Payment (Contributory) or Guardian�s Payment (Non-Contributory) [formerly known as Orphan�s Pensions] will be disregarded as means for Supplementary Welfare Allowance Scheme. How Much Can I Get? Basic Supplementary Welfare Allowance is made up of a personal rate for you and increases for qualified adult and any qualified children. If you have no means you will qualify for the maximum amount of the allowance. If you have low means you may qualify for a payment to bring your income up to the maximum appropriate rate of Supplementary Welfare Allowance. The rates of Supplementary Welfare Allowance are shown in the Rates of Payment booklet How Do I Get my Payment You may get Supplementary Welfare Allowance by cheque, post draft or directly into your account in a financial institution. Additional payments under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance Scheme If you are getting Supplementary Welfare Allowance you may also qualify for: - Rent or Mortgage Interest Supplement - Supplements for Special heating or dietary needs, - Exceptional Needs Payments - Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance and - Payments to meet urgent needs. Extra Benefits As well as these payments, you may get - Fuel Allowance (see Section 10 for details), and - Medical Card from your regional Health Service Executive (HSE). When and How Do I Apply You should apply to the Community Welfare Officer (CWO) at your local office of the Health Service Executive for Supplementary Welfare Allowance as soon as the need arises. If you do not know where your local office is, or if you want to find out the CWO's office hours, contact the head office of your regional Health Service Executive. See Appendix 6 for details: More Information For further details see information booklet Supplementary Welfare Allowance SW 54 or contact: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Section Department of Social and Family Affairs Social Welfare Services Office College Road Sligo Telephone: LoCall: 1890 50 00 00 11.2 Rent and Mortgage Interest Supplements If you are having difficulty paying your rent or mortgage and you are getting a social welfare or Health Service Executive payment, you may qualify for a Rent or Mortgage Interest Supplement. When deciding whether you qualify, the Health Service Executive may consider: - whether the size of your accommodation is right for your family size - if you have applied for local authority housing if available, - if you have a good reason for leaving your parents home, if relevant, - how the cost of your accommodation compared to rent levels for similar accommodation in the area - whether you are sharing your accommodation with others, - whether you have made any arrangements, with your lending agency to alter your mortgage payments, and - your ability to meet repayments when you took out your mortgage. How Much Can I Get? The amount of the supplement is determined by the Health Service Executive. The supplement will generally make sure that your income after paying your rent or mortgage interest is at least the same as the Supplementary Welfare Allowance less a minimum contribution, which everybody receiving the supplement must pay. How Do I get the Supplement You may get the supplement by a weekly or monthly cheque, postdraft or directly into your account in a financial institution. How do I apply for the supplement? You should apply to the Community Welfare Officer at your local office of the Health Service Executive. 11.3 Special Needs Supplements If your income from your social welfare or Health Service Executive payment is too low to meet certain special needs, you may get a weekly supplement. Special needs may include: - exceptional heating expenses due to ill-health, and - a special diet due to a medical condition. In either case, you must provide medical evidence of your condition before you can receive the payment. For the diet supplement, you should give written evidence that a hospital consultant or hospital registrar (or doctor, if the diet is for an adult) has prescribed a special diet for your condition. 11.4 Exceptional Needs Payments If you are getting a social welfare or Health Service Executive payment, you may qualify for a once off payment to meet an exceptional need. It is up to the Health Service Executive to decide whether to make this payment taking into account all details of your situation. An exceptional needs payment covers essential, once-off exceptional spending that you could not reasonably be expected to meet out of your weekly income. You may get this payment for: - bedding or other essential household equipment - funeral expenses, or - other unforeseen large expenses. These payments are made by cheque. To apply contact the Community Welfare Officer at your local office of the Health Service Executive. 11.5 Urgent Needs Payments You may get an urgent needs payment even if you do not normally qualify for assistance under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance Scheme. Payments are normally made to assist with immediate needs such as food and clothing right after a fire or flood. Depending on your situation you may have to pay back all or part of what you have been paid, for example if you are working or have settled an insurance claim. To apply for this payment contact the Community Welfare Officer at your local office of the Health Service Executive. 11.6 Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance This allowance is intended to help towards the cost of children's school uniforms and footwear at the beginning of the school year. The scheme is run by the Health Service Executive and operates from the beginning of June to the end of September each year. How do I qualify? You may qualify if your household income is below a certain amount* and you are: - getting a social welfare (including Family Income Supplement) or a Health Service Executive payment, or - taking part in approved employment schemes, such as Back to Work Allowance (Employees), Back to Work Enterprise Allowance, Community Employment, Revenue Job Assist, Social Economy Programme (Grant Aided Employees), Job Initiative, Workplace or Youthreach or - taking part in an Area-Based Partnership Scheme or a F�S, Cert or LES training scheme or - taking part in a Rural Social Scheme and allowed to keep your secondary benefits and - getting an increase in your payment for the child (see Section 1.2 for details ). See information booklet SW75 for details of these income limits How Much will you Get? There are two rates of payment, one for children aged 2 to 11, the other for children aged 12 to 22. The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance rates are set out in the Rates of Payment booklet SW 19 and information booklet How Do I get the Allowance: The allowance is normally paid by cheque. How Do I Apply You apply to the Community Welfare Officer (CWO) at your local office of the Health Service Executive. For more information, contact the CWO at your local office of the Health Service Executive, or Supplementary Welfare Allowance Section Department of Social and Family Affairs c/o Social Welfare Services Office College Road Sligo Telephone: LoCall:1890 50 00 00
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Liúntas Forlíontach Leasa Ceapadh an Scéim Náisiúnta Breosla chun cuidiú le teaghlaigh a bhraitheann ar íocaíochtaí fadtéarmacha leasa shóisialaigh nó ó Fheidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte agus nach bhfuil ar a gcumas a gcostais téimh féin a íoc. Ní féidir le teaghlach ach Liúntas Breosla amháin a fháil. Liúntas seachtainiúil is ea an Bunliúntas Leasa Forlíontach a íoctar le daoine nach bhfuil dóthain acmhainne acu chun freastal dá riachtanais agus do riachtanais a n-aosach cáilithe nó aon pháistí cáilithe. Má tá sé deacair ort an cíos a íoc agus go bhfuil íocaíocht leasa shóisialaigh nó íocaíocht de chuid Fheidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte á fáil agat, d'fhéadfadh sé go gcáileofá d'Fhorlíonadh Cíosa. Má tá sé deacair ort an morgáiste a íoc agus go bhfuil íocaíocht leasa shóisialaigh nó íocaíocht de chuid Fheidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte á fáil agat, d'fhéadfadh sé go gcáileofá d'Fhorlíonadh Ús Morgáiste. Má tá tú ag fáil íocaíocht leasa shóisialaigh nó íocaíocht de chuid Fheidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte, d'fhéadfadh sé go gcáileofá d'íocaíocht aon uaire chun freastal do riachtanas eisceachtúil. Níl aon teidlíocht uathoibríoch ar an íocaíocht seo. Cinneann Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte gach iarratas bunaithe ar imthosca áirithe an cháis. Clúdaíonn íocaíocht um Riachtanais Eisceachtúla caitheamh eisceachtúil riachtanach aon uaire nach mbeadh súil go réasúnta go bhféadfá a chlúdach as d'ioncam seachtainiúil. Is gnáthach Íocaíochtaí um Riachtanais Phráinneacha a dhéanamh i gcás riachtanais láithreacha ar nós bia agus éadaí díreach tar éis dóiteáin nó tuile. Ag brath ar chúinsí do cháis, d'fhéadfadh sé go mbeadh ort cuid nó an t-iomlán a aisíoc, mar shampla má tá tú ag obair nó má réitigh tú éileamh árachais. Féadfaidh duine ar bith atá ag fáil íocaíocht Leasa Shóisialaigh nó íocaíocht ó Fheidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte agus ar ordaigh an dochtúir aiste bia speisialta dóibh i ngeall ar riocht míochaine sonraithe, agus nach leor a n-acmhainne chun freastal dá riachtanais, cáiliú le haghaidh forlíonadh cothaithe faoin scéim liúntas leasa forlíontach. Ceapadh an liúntas chun cabhrú le costas éide scoile agus coisbheart páistí scoile a íoc ag tús na scoilbhliana. Is í Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte atá i mbun na scéime agus bíonn sé i bhfeidhm ó thús mhí an Mheithimh go deireadh mhí Mheán Fómhair gach bliain. Soláthraíonn Scéim na mBéilí Scoile a oibríonn an Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí maoiniú chun seirbhísí bia a sholáthar do pháistí scoile faoi mhíbhuntáiste trí Scéim na mBéilí Scoile Uirbeacha i gcás bunscoileanna agus Scéim na mBéilí Scoile (Tionscadail Áitiúla) neamhreachtúil. Mar gheall ar an scrios millteach atá fulaingthe ag daoine i bpáirteanna go leor den tír ó na tuilte le gairid, tá suim airgid, €10 milliún i dtosach, curtha i leith chiste do Scéim Chúnaimh Dhaonnachta ag an Rialtas. Tá an Scéim á riar ag Seirbhís Leasa Pobail Fheidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte thar ceann na Roinne Gnóthaí Sóisialta agus Teaghlaigh.