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Community Employment Ex-Gratia Payment for Supervisors and Assistant Supervisors
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The Community Employment (CE) Ex-Gratia Payment is a once-off tax free payment for eligible CE supervisors and CE assistant supervisors. It is treated as income for the purpose of assessing means. You can get this payment after reaching retirement age in respect of time employed in that role.
To qualify for this payment, you must:
You will not qualify for this payment if you:
A CE supervisor or CE assistant supervisor who worked on more than one CE scheme may be entitled to the Ex-Gratia Payment in respect of that CE scheme.
CE supervisors and CE assistant supervisors who retired on ill health grounds can apply for this payment. You will need to provide supporting documentation.
An Executor of an Estate acting for an eligible deceased CE supervisor or CE assistant supervisor can apply for this payment. They will need to provide supporting documentation.
The rate of payment is 2 weeks’ salary for every year you were employed as a CE supervisor or CE assistant supervisor.
The payment is calculated based on actual time worked. Periods of time spent in part-time employment are calculated on a pro-rata basis.
Your salary scale point at the time of CE retirement will be used in the calculation, at a maximum of €600 per week.
If the department has not contacted you in relation to the Ex-Gratia Payment and you believe you are entitled to this payment, please email CEExGratiaInfo@welfare.ie with your:
If you are an Executor of an Estate acting on behalf of a deceased CE supervisor or CE assistant supervisor, please provide their:
Please also provide details of the executor's:
Also, indicate that you are the executor of the CE supervisor or CE assistant supervisor estate.
Please note: a copy of the grant of representation will be required when returning the CE Ex-Gratia application form.
To help us process your application, we recommend completing SAFE registration before applying. We use this to establish and verify your identity. Find out more about SAFE Registration here.