Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a carer's support grant did not issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26213/24]

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.

- 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.

Additionally, the person being cared for must:

- 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.

A CSG Cost-of-Living Questionnaire issued to the person concerned in October 2023 and no response was received to the Department.

A Department Officer has been in contact with the person concerned and advised that a completed application form (CSG1) was required to establish an entitlement to the grant. The person concerned was also advised that a completed medical report was not necessary in this instance.

The person concerned submitted the application on 14 June 2024. CSG for 2024 and the 2023 CSG Cost-of-Living payment were awarded on 14 June 2024 and the payments issued by cheque.

I trust this clarifies the position for the Deputy.