Guide to entitlements for over sixties
- Introduction
- Payments for older people
- Carers
- Health services
- Moving into residential care
- Housing
- Travel
- Tax
- Retirement
- Occupational and personal pensions
- Decision making
- Other legal matters
- Complaints and appeals
Introduction
The Citizens Information Board publishes the Guide to entitlements for over sixties.
The links on this page give further information on the topics covered in the leaflet. There is a link for each term highlighted in bold in the leaflet. The links are also in the same order as the terms in bold.
The headings used on this page are the same as the chapter headings in the leaflet.
Payments for older people
- Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI)
- Credited contributions
- Voluntary contributions
- Means tested
- State Pension (Contributory)
- Bilateral agreements
- State Pension (Non-Contributory)
- Habitual residence test
- Increase for a Qualified Adult
- Increase for a Qualified Child
- Jobseeker's Benefit
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance
Illness and disability payments
- Illness Benefit
- Invalidity Pension
- Partial Capacity Benefit
- Disability Allowance
- Occupational Injuries Benefit Scheme
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance
Death-related payments
- Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's (Contributory) Pension
- Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's (Non-Contributory) Pension
- One Parent Family Payment
- Jobseeker’s Transitional payment
- Widowed or Surviving Civil Partner Grant
Extra payments
Carers
Health services
- Ordinarily resident
- Medical cards
- GP Visit Card
- Prescribed medicines
- Long Term Illness Scheme
- Drugs Payment Scheme
- Charges for public hospitals
- Health insurance
- Community care services
- Public Health Nurses
- Social workers
- Occupational Therapists
- Home help services
- Chiropody services
- Speech and language therapy services
- Respite care
- Day care
- Home Support Service
- Aids and appliances
- VAT refund
- Treatment Benefit Scheme
Moving into residential care
Housing
- Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability
- Mobility Aids Grant Scheme
- Housing Aid for Older Persons Scheme
- VAT refunds are available on aids and appliances
- Better Energy Homes Scheme
- Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme
- Home Renovation Incentive
- Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears (CCMA)
- Consumer Protection Code 2012
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
- Abhaile
- Local authority housing
- Voluntary organisations (housing associations)
- Housing Assistance Payment (HAP)
- Rent Supplement
- Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS)
- Seniors Alert Scheme
Travel
Tax
- Tax exemption limits for people aged over 65
- Most social welfare payments are taxable
- Age Tax Credit
- Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI)
- Universal Social Charge
- Tax relief on medical expenses
- Bereavement tax credits
- Rent tax relief
- Home Carer's Tax Credit
- Tax allowance for employing a carer
- Dependent Relative Tax Credit
- Deeds of covenant
- Trust fund
- Deposit Interest Retention Tax (DIRT)
- Value-Added Tax (VAT) refund on aids and appliances
- Tax relief on pensions
Retirement
Occupational and personal pensions
Decision making
Other legal matters
Page edited:
18 December 2018