Some qualifying social welfare recipients will be able to earn €14,000 more a year without a reduction in their state payments thanks to a recent extension to the ‘rent a room’ relief scheme.
The move was welcomed by Denis Naughten TD who described the move as “much-needed” for families trying to make ends meet in the midst of a cost of living crisis.
For the next two years a person who wants to rent the spare room in their home to someone - who is not an employee, or an immediate family member - will have up to €14,000 of rental income disregarded in the assessment of means to qualify for weekly social assistance payments, increases for qualified adults, the Working Family Payment and Supplementary Allowance.
