Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the accommodation recognition payment to accommodate refugees from Ukraine is taken into account in the means test for fuel allowance or any other subsidiary payments from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27419/24]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Accommodation Recognition Payment is a monthly payment of €800 available to those who are providing accommodation to a person or people who arrived in Ireland under the EU Temporary Protection Directive.

The payment is disregarded when assessing means for Fuel Allowance purposes. The payment is also disregarded for means testing purposes for other subsidiary payments such as the Household Benefits Package, Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance and Rent Allowance.

While the disregard also applies to all schemes under Supplementary Welfare Allowance, it will be taken under consideration where an application for assistance is made under Additional Needs Payment (excluding a supplement) when establishing an applicant’s financial resources.

I trust that this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.