Supports for Acknowledged Irish Thalidomide Survivors
From Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
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From Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
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Health and Social Care Supports
Independent Living Supports
• Personal Assistant/Home Support/Nursing Hours
• Aids and Appliances
• Car adaptations
• Housing Adaptations
• Customised Clothing
• IT and AI solutions
• Free Travel Pass
Financial Supports **
State Supports
• Lifelong monthly payments since 1974/5 (based on Contergan scale)
• Once-off lump sum 1974/5 (4 x German lump sum)
• Once-off lump sum 2010/2013
Contergan Foundation ***
• Lifelong monthly payments since 1970s (scaled to severity/damage level)
• Special Payments & Specific Needs Payments
• Once-off lump sum 1970s
** exempt from tax and not assessable as means for the purpose of Department of Social Protection payments
*** From 1st August 2013 onward, under German legislation, any financial payments made by other governments to thalidomide survivors are off-set from German payments.
HSE Thalidomide Advocacy Office