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This section describes the payments under Supplementary Welfare Allowances scheme. From 1st October 2011 the Community Welfare Service and the Community Welfare Officers providing it, formally transferred to the Department of Social Protection. The service and the staff are now part of the Department of Social Protection. A list of offices administering the Supplementary Welfare Allowance scheme can be found here. 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. If you are having difficulty paying your rent, you may qualify for a Rent Supplement, subject to qualifying conditions. Mortgage Interest Supplement (MIS) provides short-term support to help you pay your mortgage interest repayments. From 1 January 2014, the Mortgage Interest Supplement scheme is closed to new entrants and no new applications will be accepted from this date. This measure does not affect current claimants immediately (people who were getting Mortgage Interest Supplement before 1 January 2014). The scheme will be wound down for these claimants over a 4-year period. View the report entitled " Review of Mortgage Interest Supplement (MIS) Scheme" 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. There is no automatic entitlement to this payment. Each application is determined by the Department of Social Protection's representative (formerly known as the Community Welfare Officer) based on the particular circumstances of the case. An exceptional needs payment covers essential, once-off exceptional spending that you could not reasonably be expected to meet out of your weekly income. Urgent Needs 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. Any person who is receiving a Social Welfare or Health Service Executive payment and who has been prescribed a special diet as a result of a specified medical condition, and whose means are insufficient to meet his/her needs, may qualify for a diet supplement under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme. This allowance is intended to help towards the cost of children's school uniforms and footwear at the beginning of the school year. The School Meals Programme operated by the Department of Social Protection provides funding towards provision of food services for disadvantaged school child through two schemes the Urban School Meals Scheme and the School Meals Local Projects Scheme. The Humanitarian Assistance Scheme, which is means tested, is intended to provide emergency financial assistance to households who are not in a position to meet costs for essential needs in the period immediately following flooding. The aim of the scheme is to provide financial support to people who have suffered damages to their home and in doing so provide hardship alleviation, as opposed to full compensation.
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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.