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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Oct 2006)

Séamus Brennan: ...can be paid in respect of every child under the age of 16 years, who is ordinarily resident in the state. Payment can be extended to the 19th birthday if the child is in education or disabled and incapable of self support. The benefit is paid to the qualified person with whom the child resides and, since May 2004, the person making the claim for Child Benefit must satisfy the Habitual...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Feb 2006)

Séamus Brennan: The carer's benefit scheme is a weekly income support payment operated and paid by this Department. It is specifically intended to support people who must leave the workforce temporarily to care for someone who is in need of full-time care and attention. It is based on PRSI contributions paid by the carer. As provided for in the Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006, the benefit is...

Written Answers — Child Support: Child Support (10 May 2005)

Séamus Brennan: Currently the births of all children born in the Republic of Ireland are registered electronically. The Department receives this information from the General Registrar's Office and allocates a PPSN to the child and also commences a child benefit application for them. If the mother already has other children, the new baby is added automatically to the existing claim, and payment issues to the...

Seanad: Pension Provisions: Statements. (18 Nov 2004)

Séamus Brennan: Pensions are an international issue and most countries in the developed world face the same challenges as Ireland, namely, how to provide pensions that are both adequate and sustainable in a context where our population is ageing rapidly. The combined effect of large numbers reaching retirement age and rising life expectancy will mean a doubling of the old age dependency ratio. In 2000, the...