:: Your Citizens Information

• Q.  My employer plans to reduce my working week. Is there any extra payment I can get towards supporting my family and paying my mortgage?
  Answer - click here 07.03.10
• Q.  I am a small business owner and I have been having a difficult time getting payments from some of my clients. How can I reclaim the amounts owed?
  Answer - click here 28.02.10
• Q.  I am getting a reduced One-Parent Family Payment because I work part-time in the mornings. My employer has just cut my hours. I was earning €250 a week and I’m now down to €130 a week. Does this have any effect on my payment?
  Answer - click here 21.02.10
• Q.  My daughter was born in April 2006. Does she qualify for the new Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Scheme and how does the scheme work?
  Answer - click here 14.02.10
• Q.  I’m confused about the changes that were made to Mortgage Interest Relief in Budget 2010. I’m a first-time buyer in year 4 of my mortgage. When will my entitlement expire and what rate of relief am I entitled to?
  Answer - click here 07.02.10
• Q.  My partner and I are both unemployed at present. We have heard that we will be compensated for the cut in the Child Benefit we are getting for our three children. How is this going to be paid?
  Answer - click here 31.01.10
• Q.  I will be 65 this year and I plan to retire from work. What do I need to know about pensions and other benefits in retirement?
  Answer - click here 24.01.10
• Q.  My wife and I have been paying our mortgage payments regularly up until now but I have just lost my job and we can’t meet the payments. What are our options?
  Answer - click here 17.01.10
• Q.  I worked fewer days than usual in 2009 since I had to take some unpaid leave from work. What difference does this make to my PRSI and tax deductions for the year and how do I find out?
  Answer - click here 10.01.10
• Q.  I recently opened a current account with a bank and received a new ATM and Laser card. I haven’t closed my previous account with a different bank yet but I intend to cancel the ATM and Laser card for it. I’ve already paid a stamp duty charge for that card earlier this year. Do I have to pay the stamp duty again for the card on the new account?
  Answer - click here 06.01.10

> Citizens Information Archives

Citizens Information: Buncrana 074 9363496; Carndonagh 074 9373741