Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) Regulations 2014 (“the 2014 Regulations”).

Schedules 1 and 2 to the 2014 Regulations list categories of income and capital respectively that must be disregarded by local authorities when calculating someone’s income and capital for charging purposes. Regulation 2 inserts a new paragraph 44A into Schedule 1 and a new paragraph 44 into Schedule 2.

Regulations 2(2) and 2(3) provide that any payment made under the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme established by the Irish Government under section 5 of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023 (Ireland) shall be disregarded by local authorities when calculating someone’s income and capital respectively for charging purposes.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.