Childcare Support Act 2018
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Persons eligible to apply for financial support | ||
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7. (1) For the purposes of this Act, a person may make an application for financial support in respect of a child if— | ||
(a) the person or his or her partner is a parent of the child, | ||
(b) the person or his or her partner is— | ||
(i) ordinarily resident in the State, or | ||
(ii) an applicant within the meaning of section 2 of the Act of 2015, or | ||
(iii) a programme refugee within the meaning of section 59 of the Act of 2015, or | ||
(iv) a national of a Member State of the European Union, of the Swiss Confederation or of a State which is a contracting State to the EEA Agreement, or | ||
(v) formerly employed or self-employed in the State, provided that the formerly employed or self-employed person continues to be covered against one of the contingencies listed in Article 3 of Regulation 883/20041 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems, whether by means of a statutory entitlement under the Act of 2005 or through a voluntary contract of insurance, | ||
(c) the child is under the age of 15 years, | ||
(d) the person or his or her partner has care of the child for the period of time each week in respect of which the financial support is payable, | ||
(e) the person and the child have a personal public service number, | ||
(f) the person is not in receipt of financial support under section 14 in respect of that child, and | ||
(g) in the case of income-related financial support, the person’s partner and any other children who reside with him or her have a personal public service number. | ||
(2) For the purposes of this section, a person who does not have a right to reside in the State shall not be regarded as being ordinarily resident in the State. | ||