Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on a child benefit application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55164/23]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Child Benefit is a monthly payment to the parents or guardians of children under 16 years of age. Child Benefit can also be claimed for children aged 16 and 17, if they are in full-time education or full-time training or have a disability and cannot support themselves.

A Child Benefit application was received from the person concerned on 8 November 2023. As one of the parents is employed in the United Kingdom, the claim will have to be decided under the Convention of Social Security between the government of Ireland and the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Additional information is required in this case. On return of this information, the application will be processed and a decision will be made on the claim.

I trust this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on a carer support grant application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55170/23]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Carer’s Support Grant (CSG) is an annual payment made to full-time carers who satisfy certain conditions.

The person claiming the Grant must:

• Be aged 16 or over and ordinarily resident in this State.
• Care for the person on a full-time basis.
• Care for the person for a continuous period of at least six months – this period must include the first Thursday in June (1^stJune 2023).
• Live with the person being looked after, or this person can be contacted quickly by a direct system of communication (i.e., a telephone or alarm).
• Not be employed / self-employed for more than 18.5 hours per week.
• Not be in receipt of, or entitled to receive Jobseeker’s Allowance or Jobseeker’s Benefit or be signing for credited contributions.

• Be so incapacitated as to need full-time care and attention.
• Not normally live in a hospital, convalescent home, or another similar institution.
• Not receive full-time care and attention within their own home from another person other than the person claiming the Grant.