Monthly Archives: May 2023

The Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015 was commenced on 26 April 2023. You can read about:

• Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act
• Types of decision assistance agreements
• Decision making assistance agreements
• Co-decision-making agreements
• Decision-making representative orders
• Enduring powers of attorney
• Advance healthcare directives

The Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant has been extended to vacant properties built before 2007. You can now get the grant if you intend to rent out the property when they are refurbished. In addition, the grant available will increase by €20,000 in the next few weeks.

Small and micro business employers can now get financial and training supports through One More Job if they employ one or more apprentices in 2023.

New and recently edited

New page:

• Mental health services for children and young people

These pages have been reviewed and improved:

• Health and Safety Benefit
• Premium rate phone and text services
• Housing adaptation grant
• Working with a  disability
• Springboard+
• Ward of court
• Disablement Benefit
• Junk mail, spam and unwanted texts and calls
• Eircode
• Referring small claims to court