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Civil Legal Aid (Exclusion of Value of Free or Partly Free Board) (Amendment) Bill 2021
- Sponsor
- Lynn Boylan · Sinn Féin
- Introduced
- 7 May 2021
- Last updated
- 30 Jan 2025
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Amends Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 to exclude free or partly free board from income assessment when determining eligibility for civil legal aid.
- Addresses situation where Housing Assistance Payment, paid directly to landlords by local authorities, is currently counted as applicant income and prevents aid access.
- Removes barrier that denies low-income applicants civil legal aid based on housing assistance they receive.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage26th Seanad7 May 2021
- Second Stage26th Seanad7 May 2021
Debates
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