Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 October 2011
91 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the rules and regulations for a person in receipt of the household benefit package who is hospitalised for an extended period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30523/11]
View answerThe current operational guidelines for the household benefits scheme specify that:
On entry to a nursing home/hospital a client loses entitlement to household benefits from the end of the billing period in which he/she entered the nursing home/hospital. If they return home and reapply for the schemes within six months the schemes can be backdated to the date that the schemes were terminated.
If the client returns home and reapplies for the schemes more than six months after his/her claim was terminated, the schemes may be backdated to the date the person returned home or for up to six months, whichever is the shorter.
