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Over 71,000 carers are due to receive the Government's Respite Care Grant, the vast majority of them this week (Thursday 3 June). This grant of €1,700 is available to all carers providing full-time care and attention to an older person or a person with a disability, regardless of their means or social insurance contributions. Éamon Ó Cuív TD, Minister for Social Protection said: "This payment helps carers to get some respite for themselves or for the person they are caring for. This payment is made in the first week of June each year, since the Government introduced it in 1999. This year the grant will benefit over 71,000 carers." The Grant is paid automatically to carers in receipt of schemes, such as Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit and Domiciliary Care Allowance. Other full time carers who are not eligible for these schemes may apply separately for the Grant. Carers who are providing full-time care for more than one person may be entitled to €1,700 in respect of each person that they are caring for. For example, a person giving full-time care to two people with disabilities may be entitled to €3,400. The estimated expenditure on the scheme in 2010 is over €153 million. The Minister also said: "The Government is very aware and appreciative of the contribution made by carers and has sought to make improvements in services and supports for carers. Over the past decade, qualifying conditions for Carer’s Allowance have significantly eased, coverage of the scheme has been extended and new schemes such as half-rate Carer’s Allowance and Carer's Benefit have been introduced and extended." The combined expenditure on Carer's Allowance, Carer's Benefit and the Respite Care Grant is expected to be over €725 million in 2010. Editor's Note: The annual Respite Care Grant was first introduced in June 1999 at the rate of €254 in recognition of the importance of respite to carers. The current yearly rate is €1,700. In 2005, the Respite Care Grant was improved in a number of ways: - it was extended to all full time carers, regardless of means [or social insurance contribution record] but subject to certain other conditions and - the grant could now be paid in respect of each care recipient to take account of the additional cost of providing respite care for more than one person and to recognise the particular challenges which are faced by these carers. Further information on the Respite Care Grant is available: - from Respite Care Grant Section, Department of Social Protection, Landen House, Townsend Street, Dublin 2, - at 'www.welfare.ie', - from all Social Welfare Offices and - at LoCall 1890 66 22 44 (from the Republic of Ireland only) 9.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Monday To Friday ENDS
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Íocaíocht faoi réir tástáil maoine is ea an Liúntas Cúramóra, agus íoctar é le cúramóirí a thugann aire do dhaoine áirithe a bhfuil cúram agus aird lánaimseartha at teastáil uathu. Má tá tú ag fáil íocaíocht leasa shóisialaigh eile agus cúram agus aire lánaimseartha á thabhairt agat, d'fhéadfá cáiliú do ráta laghdaithe den liúntas cúramóra in éineacht le do ghnáthíocaíocht Roinnt an Chúraim Ón 14 Márta 2005, ceadaítear do bheirt a roinneann an cúram ar bhonn páirtaimseartha i bpátrún socraithe liúntas a fháil faoi scéim na gcúramóirí. Íocaíocht is ea Sochar Cúramóra a íoctar le daoine a bhfuil ranníocaíochtaí leasa shóisialaigh íoctha acu agus a d'fhág a bpost le deireanas chun aire agus cúram lánaimseartha a thabhairt do dhuine a bhfuil gá aige leis. Féadann tú sochar cúramóra a fháil go ceann dhá bhliain ar a mhéad i gcás gach duine a dtugann tú aire dóibh. D'fhéadfá a bheith i dteideal saoire cúramóra Íocaíocht bhliantúil is ea an Deontas Cúraim Sosa a íoctar le cúramóirí lánaimseartha a thugann aire agus cúram lánaimseartha do dhaoine áirithe a bhfuil sé sin ag teastáil uathu. Déantar an íocaíocht beag beann ar acmhainn an chúramóra ach tá coinníollacha áirithe ag gabháil leis. Íocaíocht mhíosúil i leith linbh atá faoi mhíchumas trom is ea an íocaíocht seo. Ní mór don leanbh a bheith faoi 16 bliana d'aois agus cúram agus aird ag teastáil uaidh nó uaithi atá de bhreis go substaintiúil ar an méid cúraim agus airde a theastódh ó leanbh eile den aois chéanna.