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Household benefits query

  • 12-09-2013 10:42am
    #1
    Fred Swanson
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  • #2
    mp22
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    The account needs to be in the claimants name.


  • #3
    danjo-xx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,407 ✭✭✭danjo-xx


    mp22 wrote: »
    The account needs to be in the claimants name.


    not true, the claimants name just needs to be added to the account.


  • #4
    Fred Swanson
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  • #5
    blossom180
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    Fred Swanson wrote: »
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    Put the name in the account of claimaint.


  • #6
    The Diddakoi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 488 ✭✭The Diddakoi


    The account needs to be in the name of the Claimant.

    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/extra_social_welfare_benefits/household_benefits_package.html

    Other qualifying conditions
    You must be permanently living (that is on an all-year-round basis) at the address at which you wish the allowances to be applied. The allowances do not apply if you live in a nursing/retirement home where the accommodation is not fully self-contained. However, if you are aged 70 or over and live in such a nursing/retirement home and you have your own telephone account, you may be eligible for the Telephone Allowance
    No other person in your household can be receiving the allowances.
    You must be the registered consumer of electricity/gas if you are applying for an Electricity/Natural Gas Allowance and the registered telephone account holder if you are applying for the Telephone Allowance.


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  • #7
    Balagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,168 ✭✭✭Balagan


    Fred Swanson wrote: »
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    1. Electricity Allowance:
    You must be registered, or joint registered consumer, before the allowance can be credited to your
    bill. Please contact your supplier if this is not the case.     http://www.welfare.ie/en/pdf/hb1.pdf

    If the wait for a bill amended to also include the applicant's name would be too long the Dept may accept written confirmation from electricity provider that name has been added.


  • #8
    danjo-xx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,407 ✭✭✭danjo-xx


    You must be the registered consumer of electricity/gas if you are applying for an Electricity/Natural Gas Allowance

    This must be a new requirement because in the past it was enough to just have the name added to the account.


  • #9
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,012 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    Hi - If the registered account holder sends an email to electric Ireland requesting the name to be added it will be done straight away. We had to do this recently and are now approved for the household benefits package.


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