Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independents 4 Change)
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651. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, for example, a Polish couple who meet the habitual residency condition, work in Ireland for over 12 months, have a child here and then move home to Poland or another European Union Member State to live and work, the couple can still claim the children’s allowance from the State; and if so, for how long. [44267/24]

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, 17 and 18, if they are in full-time education or full-time training or have a disability and cannot support themselves.

If a family were to leave Ireland to reside and work in another EU state, there is generally no entitlement to Irish Child Benefit.

Entitlement to Irish Child Benefit would only continue under EU regulations if one of the following conditions were satisfied.

• The applicant/ spouse / partner were employed in the Republic of Ireland.
• The applicant/ spouse / partner were in receipt of a contributory benefit or pension from the Department of Social Protection.