Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 June 2015
209. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to a respite grant for 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23709/15]
View answerThe respite care grant (RCG) is paid automatically in June of each year (usually on the first Thursday of the month), to carers who are in receipt of a qualifying payment on the first Thursday in June. The relevant payments are carer’s allowance, carer’s benefit, domiciliary care allowance, and prescribed relatives allowance.
The Respite Care Grant is not paid on a proportional basis. The person in question does not have an entitlement to the 2015 RCG as her carer's allowance payment ceased on 27th of May 2015.
