The Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys recently announced a suite of measures aimed at removing the barriers facing social welfare recipients who offer accommodation in their homes. The measures announced disregard up to €14,000 per annum received by social welfare recipients in respect of such accommodation offered. This is in line with the Rent-a room relief under section 216A TCA 1997.
Announcing these measures today, Minister Humphreys said:
“For many months now, my officials and I have been working on proposals to remove barriers facing people in receipt of a social welfare payment who wish to provide accommodation in their home.
There’s no doubt the war in Ukraine has brought a new urgency to this situation.
Therefore, I was really pleased to secure unanimous support in Cabinet for these changes – which I believe will form an important part of Government’s overall effort in responding to the Ukraine crisis.
But these measures also reflect our overriding desire to ensure rooms that are available in homes across the country are freed up for potential tenants. Where there are barriers or anomalies in place, it is up to us to remove them.
These changes will also complement the new Recognition Payment decided upon by Government this week. The legislation underpinning these measures is being spearheaded by my Cabinet colleague, Minister Roderic O’Gorman, with whom I am working closely on this particular matter.”
Read the full release at gov.ie.
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