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New Nursing Home Support Scheme Application Form will make applying for the Fair Deal more difficult...
New Nursing Home Support Scheme Application Form and Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015, will make applying for the Fair Deal more difficult for Applicants and their families. With effect...
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Tom Murray Discusses Rental Income under New Fair Deal Scheme Amendments in New Irish Independent...
On the front page of the Irish Independent, the political editor posed some of the most probing questions, which Fair Deal Advice's founder, Tom Murray, responded to....
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Will latest proposed changes to rental income really benefit Nursing Home Residents...
The independent TDs who voted with the Government to defeat the attempt by Sinn Fein to extend the eviction ban may think that they have secured a victory by getting rent exempt from a contribution to...
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Should you rent property under the Fair Deal/Nursing Home Support Scheme...
In October 2022 the HSE changed the rules on the FD with regards to renting the applicant’s home. Up to this point in time the HSE charged 80% of gross rental income as part of the income contribut...
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Beware of Life Loans...
You no doubt like me have heard the smooth- talking radio adverts or seen newspaper adverts offering Life Loan to applicants over 60, whereby you can borrow money against your home for whatever purpos...
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With Rising Costs And Inflation Rates Will Nursing Home Fees Increase...
Due to the impact of the war in Ukraine and the supply issues clashing with increased demand for goods and services Post Covid we have all been subjected to increases in our day-to-day cost of living....
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Does your Family Farm or Business have a Spouse or Parent in the Fair Deal since before Oct 2021?...
As you are aware if you run a family farm or business and have a spouse or parent who may own or who may have transferred the farm or business to you less than five years before they needed to go into...
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