Income Not Assessed as Secondary Income

Income disregarded in assessment

Income from the following sources is not reckonable under the scheme and is not included in determining a tenant’s gross income:

1. Child Benefit;
   
   
2. Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit and Half-Rate Carer’s Benefit;
   
   
3. Guardian’s Payment
   
   
4. Exceptional Needs Payments;
   
   
5. Diet Supplement;
   
   
6. National Fuel Scheme;
   
   
7. Respite Care Grant;
   
   
8. Prescribed Relative Allowance;
   
   
9. Living Alone (Pension) Allowance;
   
   
10. JobBridge, the National Internship Scheme;
    
    
11. Domiciliary Care Allowance;
    
    
12. Tús (Community Work Placement Initiative);
    
    
13. Back to Education Allowance;
    
    
14. Gateway (Local Authority Activation Scheme);
    
    
15. Community Employment Programme;
    
    
16. Fostering Allowance;
    
    
17. Blind Welfare Allowance;
    
    
18. Back to Work Family Dividend
    
    
19. Boarding-Out Payments;
    
    
20. Student grants and scholarship schemes;
    
    
21. Home Tuition Scheme;
    
    
22. Youthreach training allowance;
    
    
23. Payments by charitable organisations, one of the functions of which is to assist persons in need by making grants of money to them;
    
    
24. Payments made by another EU Member State that correspond to Child Benefit;
    
    
25. Rehabilitation training allowances,
    
    
26. Constant Attendance Allowance,
    
    
27. Household Benefits Package (including Electricity and Gas Allowance),
    
    
28. Telephone Allowance,
    
    
29. Increase for living on a Specified Island,
    
    
30. Payments under Medical Care Scheme,
    
    
31. Disablement Benefit,
    
    
32. Training Support Grant,
    
    
33. Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance,
    
    
34. Humanitarian Assistant Scheme,
    
    
35. Funeral Grant,
    
    
36. Community Service/Employment Programme,
    
    
37. Work Placement Experience Programme,
    
    
38. Payments in respect of education or training courses,
    
    
39. Mobility Allowance,
    
    
40. Income earned by children,