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Calls for changes to clause for carer's allowance

Oct 30, 2025 07:29
By Shannonside News
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Calls for changes to clause for carer's allowance

A Leitrim Councillor is calling on the Department of Social Protection to review the habitual residence clause for carer's allowance.

Councillor Padraig Fallon says certain families don't qualify for this clause as loved ones they are caring for live in a different county, even if they live only a couple of minutes away

The Sinn Féin representative says the qualifications for the clause need to be changed:

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